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A 'New Ocean' Is Emerging at the Top of the World

As the planet warms, the Arctic is warming more than twice as fast. Ice cover is disappearing. This is raising sea levels, changing weather and shifting the balance of power between Arctic nations.

Stephen Hawking, Who Awed Scientists and the Public, Dies at 76

There aren't very many scientists who achieved rock-star status. Stephen Hawking, who has died at the age of 76, was definitely a contender.

Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes Charged With 'Massive Fraud' by SEC

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Palo Alto-based Theranos, its founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes and former president Sunny Balwani with "massive fraud," in the words of the SEC.

Hunting for Historical Buried Treasure, X-Rays Mark the Spot

A team of researchers has gathered at Stanford's SLAC National Accelerator Lab this week in a high-tech treasure hunt. The scientists' quarry is a hidden text — a 6th-century medical manuscript holding the writings of Galen, the Greek physician whose teachings dominated the practice of medicine for more than a millennium.

San Francisco Bay Shellfish Are Loaded With Toxins, Study Finds

A whopping 99 percent of mussels collected from San Francisco Bay were contaminated with at least one algal toxin, while more than a third contained four different kinds, according to a study published in March.

2017 Wildfires Affected the Atmosphere Like a Volcanic Eruption, Study Says

Massive smoke plumes from the record-breaking 2017 North American wildfires affected Earth's atmosphere like a volcanic eruption does, according to a new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

Treasure Island Is Sinking As Seas Are Rising, and So Are Other Bay Area Cities

Treasure Island, SFO Airport, Foster City and other parts of the Bay Area shoreline are sinking, a new study has found, raising new alarms about the growing risk from sea level rise.

Unlocking the Secrets of Brain Aging

The biological mechanisms that cause the transition from a young-and-healthy to an aged-and-dysfunctional brain are not well understood. Join Professor Daniela Kaufer on Saturday, March 17 at 11 a.m. at UC Berkeley for a talk about her recent lab findings which identified a novel mechanism underlying this transition.

Support for KQED Science is provided by the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, the Dirk and Charlene Kabcenell Foundation, the Vadasz Family Foundation, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Fuhs Family Foundation Fund and the members of KQED.

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