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Artemis II: What NASA’s Scientists Hope to Learn From Sending Humans to the Moon
The mission will test life support systems, study deep space radiation, and capture new views of the moon.
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What’s Causing Hundreds of San Ramon Earthquakes? New Sensors Seek Answers
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Why Do Animals Glow? The Science of Bioluminescence
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NASA’s Astronauts Are Going to the Moon, With Help From Silicon Valley
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Bay Area Brewery Pulls CO2 From the Air to Keep Beer Flowing
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California Bill Aims to Steer Grocery Shoppers Away From Ultraprocessed Foods
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What’s Causing Hundreds of San Ramon Earthquakes? New Sensors Seek Answers
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Bay Area Brewery Pulls CO2 From the Air to Keep Beer Flowing
‘Yikes’: Bay Area Heat Lingers, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Melting Fast
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California Bill Aims to Steer Grocery Shoppers Away From Ultraprocessed Foods
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Artemis II: What NASA’s Scientists Hope to Learn From Sending Humans to the Moon

The mission will test life support systems, study deep space radiation, and capture new views of the moon.
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What’s Causing Hundreds of San Ramon Earthquakes? New Sensors Seek Answers

Small earthquakes have rattled San Ramon regularly for months. Federal seismologists buried dozens of sensors this month to learn why.
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Why Do Animals Glow? The Science of Bioluminescence

From ocean depths to forests, some animals glow — and it’s key to their survival.
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Bay Area Brewery Pulls CO2 From the Air to Keep Beer Flowing

Alameda’s Almanac Beer Co. is believed to be the first brewery to carbonate its beverages with carbon dioxide caught directly from the outside air.
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California Bill Aims to Steer Grocery Shoppers Away From Ultraprocessed Foods

Proposed legislation would create a “California Certified” label for foods low in sugar, fat and additives and require large retailers to display them more prominently.
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‘Yikes’: Bay Area Heat Lingers, Sierra Nevada Snowpack Melting Fast

As unseasonable warmth lingers across the Bay Area, one climate expert warns of the near disappearance of the state’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada.
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For This Bay Area Island City, Water Is Coming From All Sides

Alameda, a low-lying Bay Area island city, is confronting sea level rise, groundwater flooding and storm surge as officials weigh costly adaptation strategies.
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