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Elephant seals are finding new places to call home
Once thought extinct, expanding populations are headed north to new sites in Humboldt County, even British Columbia.
Stanford-led study offers relief to children with dangerous food allergies, leading to FDA drug approval
Medication reduces potentially deadly reactions to allergy-triggering foods like nuts, milk and wheat.
Eureka! How a Stanford study revealed the success of research failures
Faced with experiments that can’t be reproduced, academia seeks to improve and “future proof” research.
Who’s behind these mysterious deliveries? Woodside man showered with products he didn’t order
John DeFiore got a steady stream of unwanted packages -- and then fraudulent charges. Here's what happened.
Getting packages you didn’t order from Amazon or elsewhere? Here’s how to deal with e-commerce scams
Technology has made scamming more sophisticated, and dealing with customer service operations to deal with fraud can be frustrating. Here are tips on how to fight back.
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Elon Musk’s deep dive into human experimentation
Do our brains have the privacy they need? Neuralink's implant is announced with great fanfare, but few details.
Why TB cases are rising in California after decades of decline
Tuberculosis, a global infectious disease killer, makes a surprise reappearance in California.
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Did legal marijuana help or harm Californians? Here’s what the data says
Life changed after legalization in at least four different ways.
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What’s that bright object in the night sky? Here’s a guide
Longer nights and clearer skies make winter the perfect season for spotting planets, stars, airplanes, satellites and all the other wild stuff in the night sky.
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NASA Ames builds the future. What’s next?
"We want to invest taxpayer resources in scientific discovery, technology development, and space exploration – not in maintaining infrastructure we no longer need," said NASA administrator Charles Bolden.