Your Top Science Stories This Week
| With their big heads and beady black eyes, Jerusalem crickets aren't winning any beauty contests. But that doesn't stop them from finding mates. They use their bulbous bellies to serenade each other with some furious drumming. | |
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| The Trump administration is laying the groundwork to enlarge California's biggest reservoir. But the project runs afoul of both state law and the Winnemem Wintu tribe, which says the expansion would end up submerging its sacred sites. | |
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| If Californians seem obsessed with the volume of snow in the Sierra, there's a good reason. | |
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| A new plan approved by California air quality officials to clean up the air pollution plaguing the San Joaquin Valley moves on to the EPA for approval. | |
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The round of storms that soaked California in recent weeks has brought a huge influx of water to the state, according to a new analysis by The Mercury News. | |
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The utility's filing marks the beginning of a long and expensive process that will likely leave ratepayers, wildfire victims, creditors and shareholders ultimately unhappy. | |
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It's looking like MS strikes when a variety of triggers gang up to impair neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Researchers are using their new knowledge to search for treatments. | |
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