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Santa Cruz County student robotics team wins world championship

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The troubling new trend that's making California's forest fires more dangerous

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Bay Area innovators among the Carnegie Foundation's 2026 'Great Immigrants, Great Americans' list

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UC researchers work on women's brain health projects with help from pair of awards

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2 scientists charged with bringing deactivated mpox virus into the US and lying to authorities

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Blue Origin rocket explodes on the launch pad

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A rare blue micromoon rises this weekend

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Experimental hepatitis B drug may offer 'functional cure' for some patients

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Prolific East Bay innovator of common medical devices dies at age 90

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Death of research hummingbird at UC Riverside triggers third animal welfare citation in 3 years

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Women are more vulnerable to many dementia risks, UC study says

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Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on aliens and how we should greet them in 'Take Me to Your Leader'

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Lake Oroville, California's second-largest reservoir, is 99% full and rising

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Why brain implants are more than a sci-fi fantasy

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Invasive species discovered at drinking water treatment plants in San Jose

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5.2 earthquake felt in Reno, Tahoe and as far west as Sacramento

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University of California study reveals potential link between 'forever chemicals' and childhood leukemia

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Former Fauci adviser indicted for allegedly concealing communications related to COVID-19 research

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Trump administration fires independent board overseeing the National Science Foundation

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A look back at the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster

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US health officials nix publication of a study on COVID vaccine effectiveness

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California scientists among disappearances, deaths under federal investigation

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UC San Diego marijuana study affirms drug's negative effect on youth

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