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Fires aren't all bad. Some fires help forests become healthier, but scientists say they're sorely lacking in California.
Even after six years of drought, tapping the sea for drinking water is proving to be a tough sell. Cost is a major obstacle.
Daniel Au Valencia had always gotten the message she talked wrong, stood wrong, looked at people wrong. So she signed up for an experimental trial on the efficacy of MDMA on social anxiety.
Daniel Au Valencia had always gotten the message she talked wrong, stood wrong, looked at people wrong. So she signed up for an experimental trial on the efficacy of MDMA on social anxiety.
UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley says our brains can't multitask, and when we try to force them to, we lose focus.
UCSF neuroscientist Adam Gazzaley says our brains can't multitask, and when we try to force them to, we lose focus.
California's stem cell agency is funding a clinical trial of a technology that relies on a patient's own stem cells to work effectively.
California's stem cell agency is funding a clinical trial of a technology that relies on a patient's own stem cells to work effectively.
Self-driving cars are close enough to reality that federal regulators are sketching out policies for them, in areas from cyber-security to ethics.
Self-driving cars are close enough to reality that federal regulators are sketching out policies for them, in areas from cyber-security to ethics.
Emissions are dropping, but it's hard to pin down who—or what—gets the credit.
Emissions are dropping, but it's hard to pin down who—or what—gets the credit.
Millions of women are suffering from a disease that poses as obesity. Most patients don’t know they have it, and doctors haven’t heard of it.
Millions of women are suffering from a disease that poses as obesity. Most patients don’t know they have it, and doctors haven’t heard of it.
Many primary care physicians have had enough of the traditional health care system, so they've broken away to create their own practices, where they don't take insurance and charge a monthly fee.
