The Latest Stories From KQED Science
| How to See August's Perseids Meteor Shower: One of the Year's Best Light Shows | | The annual Perseids meteor shower has already started and will be its most active in the early morning on Saturday, August 13. In the hours leading up to dawn, you could see as many as 50 meteors per hour – almost one a minute – with clear, dark viewing conditions. | | |
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| White House Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency | | Declaring a public health emergency can free up resources to help the administration respond to the monkeypox outbreak. So far, more than 6,000 people in the U.S. have been infected. | | |
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| Can Kids Get Monkeypox? What We Know Right Now, for Parents and Caregivers | | Despite the tiny numbers of infections in children, the risk of monkeypox to kids may be on the minds of parents and caregivers across the country. Here's what we know so far. | | |
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| Bay Area Leads State in Latest Water Conservation Numbers | | Californians are conserving more water than before but are still well shy of meeting the state’s conservation target. | | |
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| 'Welcome Black to the Land': Inside Sonoma County’s First Afro-Indigenous Permaculture Farm | | EARTHseed seeks to serve as a place of refuge and healing for a community that has often been excluded from farming. | | |
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| DEEP LOOK: Amazing Ants Playlist | | Happy World Ant Day from Deep Look! Scientists have named over 14,000 of the estimated 30,000 species of ants worldwide. There is still much to discover when it comes to ants! Deep Look has featured a few of them -- honeypot, kidnapper and leafcutter ants. Enjoy seeing them in up-close action in this special playlist. | | |
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