The Latest Stories from KQED Science
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| You Are Going to Want to See Saturday's Geminids Meteor Shower. Here's Where and When | |
The Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak of activity in the wee hours of Saturday, December 14. | |
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Take a Google Earth Tour of the Bay Area’s Most Epic Rock Formations | Geologists created a digital tour of rock formations at Angel Island, the Marin Headlands and other locations around the Bay Area. | |
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Wildfire Smoke, Once Considered Sterile, Teems With Life | New research indicates that wildfire smoke transports living microbes, along with ash, dust and pollution. | |
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Greta Thunberg Is Time's Person of the Year | The 16-year-old Swede has become the face of a new generation of activists, drawing large crowds with her appearances at protests and conferences over the past year-and-a-half. | |
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Meet ‘Future,’ the New Baby White Rhino at the San Diego Zoo | A baby white rhino born last month at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been named Future for what she represents to rhino conservation worldwide. | |
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| Climate Change Contributing to Weather Catastrophes 'Right Now' |
| The science of attributing the role of climate change in extreme weather continues to improve, resulting in strong evidence that a warming planet is impacting heat waves, floods and other disasters. | |
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| How Ridiculous Ideas Gain Traction. We're Looking at You, Flat Earth |
| A science communication researcher who is studying why some people think the Earth's surface is literally flat clues us in on who is buying this extremely wrong concept and how it has spread. | |
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