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High-resolution image of Pluto captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in January 2016. (NASA)
 
The Big Science and Environment Stories of the Decade
Developments and discoveries with the biggest impact, as curated by the KQED Science team.
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The Precarious Future of Treasure Island: Rising Seas and Sinking Land
The future of Treasure Island will be shaped by climate change.
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Denise MacDonald holds a purple sea urchin at the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory. (Ryan Tamborski for KQED. Use with permission)
Kelp! They Need Somebody … To Eat Sea Urchins
A partnership between UC Davis and a seafood company aims to restore kelp forests by 'ranching' purple sea urchins and selling them off as food.
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Red wrapping paper discarded on a table.
Banning Non-Medical Exemptions Increased California Vaccination Rates, New Study Finds
The state requires every child taught in school classrooms or enrolled in a child care facility to be fully immunized against 10 communicable diseases, unless the child has an exemption from a doctor.
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CDC Blames Most Vaping Deaths on THC Contaminant
The spate of more than 2,500 acute vaping-related lung injuries tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is on the decline, epidemiologists say, and the number of deaths has slowed.
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A Young Woman's Journey Through a Pioneering Gene-Editing Experiment
 
When Victoria Gray was just 3 months old, her family discovered something was terribly wrong. Now 34, Gray volunteered to become the first patient in the United States with a genetic disease to get treated with the revolutionary gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.
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The Top Stories on KQED in 2019
 
Every year, we look at what you were most interested in. Here are the most popular stories from KQED in 2019.
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