Science and reality
While the Central Valley's farm economy reels under the strain of drought, farms in the Salinas Valley are operating on all cylinders.
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Researchers put these ants to a sniff test.
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A small group of vocal anti-vaxxers is fighting hard to make sure a vaccine bill doesn't pass.
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Space photos of the week, May 31 - June 6.
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One of the greatest mysteries in physics could be solved by a mattress-like axion field that permeates space and time.
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If organs can be protected and kept from degradation for longer, they could be banked for when patients really need a transplant.
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Giant weta, for their monstrous size, are actually quite sweet. Not like cuddly sweet, though you’re welcome to try, but sweet nonetheless.
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NASA will test the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator. What makes this landing system different from other landings?
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There's a limit to how much produce farmers can eke out of the soil with the water that CA Governor Jerry Brown has given them to work with. Or maybe there isn't.
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The THC in weed gets you high, but the compound CBD might have all kinds of important medical uses.
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