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The company might also be replacing them with fewer new turbines, a move that would make its operation safer for birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altamont Winds, Inc. (AWI), one of the largest operators in the East Bay’s Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in an Oct. 23 email that it is permanently shutting down all its turbines there by Sunday. The company operates 828 turbines in the Altamont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91965\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Lynes, director of public policy at Audubon California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91965\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Lynes, director of public policy at Audubon California. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sudden move is important, environmentalists say, because hundreds of birds die at the Altamont each year after getting hit by wind turbine blades, colliding with windmills, or becoming trapped inside them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good outcome for birds in the Altamont,” says Michael Lynes, director of public policy for Audubon California, in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other wind companies that own turbines in the Altamont, NextEra and EDF Renewable Energy, are replacing hundreds of old turbines with fewer, more powerful and more carefully sited turbines, a measure referred to as “repowering” that biologists say can reduce bird deaths. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91966\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"EDF Renewable Energy, a wind energy company based in San Diego, plans to replace about 300 turbines at its Patterson Pass wind farm, in the Altamont, with 10 to 12 new turbines. Together, the new turbines will produce twice as much electricity as the old ones did. Biologists have found that replacing a group of old turbines with carefully sited new turbines can reduce bird mortality at wind farms. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91966\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EDF Renewable Energy, a wind energy company based in San Diego, plans to replace about 300 turbines at its Patterson Pass wind farm, in the Altamont, with 10 to 12 new turbines. Together, the new turbines will produce twice as much electricity as the old ones did. Biologists have found that replacing a group of old turbines with carefully sited new turbines can reduce bird mortality at wind farms. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By keeping turbines out of low-lying areas of the Altamont, for example, companies could help golden eagles, says biologist Joe DiDonato, who is part of a team that has been monitoring 18 of these birds through radio transmitters. Golden eagles can hit a turbine as they fly low in the terrain in search of prey. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re using that hill as a camouflage to slip around the corner and maybe grab an unsuspecting squirrel,” said DiDonato on a recent visit to the Altamont Pass area, as he pointed to a golden eagle flying nearby. “If they’re coming around the low end of a ridge and the wind picks them up, it could push them towards a wind turbine blade as well.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91963\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Biologist Joe DiDonato looked for golden eagles at the Buena Vista wind farm, in the Altamont Pass, in July. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91963\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biologist Joe DiDonato looked for golden eagles at the Buena Vista wind farm, in the Altamont Pass, in July. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Concern About Birds Said to Prompt Closure \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AWI’s permit from Alameda County had required the company to remove its turbines this year, in order to reduce bird deaths. But the company instead applied for a three-year extension to the county, which oversees operation of most of the 78-square-mile Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to Alameda County, Jill Birchell, special agent in charge of the USFWS’ Office of Law Enforcement for California and Nevada wrote that turbines “owned and operated” by AWI in the Altamont had been associated with the death or injury of 67 golden eagles between 2004 and 2014. She recommended that the county deny AWI’s request to extend its operation permit for its turbines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on March 24, the county’s board of supervisors gave AWI a controversial extension that allowed the Tracy wind company to continue operating its old-generation turbines until 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abruptly last week, on Oct. 23, AWI vice president Bill Damon sent an email to the USFWS in Sacramento informing the agency of its decision to close down all its Altamont turbines by Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reduction of avian impacts was a primary factor that influenced our decision to discontinue operating our Altamont wind farms,” Damon wrote in his email. KQED has obtained a copy of the email, but neither Damon nor AWI president Rick Koebbe returned calls and emails seeking confirmation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Black Eye’ for Wind Energy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91967\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Golden eagles fly by a wind turbine in the Altamont Pass. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91967\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-1440x811.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden eagles fly by a wind turbine in the Altamont Pass. \u003ccite>(Shawn Smallwood)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the early 1980s, wind companies installed 7,000 turbines in the Altamont Pass. Shortly after the wind farms opened, scientists discovered the turbines were killing hundreds of birds of prey each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Altamont was sort of seen as a black eye for renewable energy,” says the Audubon’s Lynes, “because anytime someone was proposing a new wind farm, it would raise the specter of the Altamont Pass.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, several local chapters of the Audubon Society, as well as other environmental groups, sued to force wind companies to protect birds in the Altamont. The settlement reached in 2007 required Alameda County and wind companies to cut bird mortality in half by 2009. To that end, companies agreed to remove turbines that biologists deemed to be most dangerous to birds. They also began to shut down their turbines during the winter months, when electricity demand is lowest and bird activity highest. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91968\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Workers pulled down this wind turbine at the Tres Vaqueros wind farm in the Altamont Pass in July. All throughout the Altamont, companies are tearing down old turbines. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91968\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-1440x811.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers pulled down this wind turbine at the Tres Vaqueros wind farm in the Altamont Pass in July. All throughout the Altamont, companies are tearing down old turbines. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Altamont Pass has only about 3,000 turbines now. But statistics compiled by the county in 2014 show bird mortality has decreased by only 25 to 40 percent, depending on the species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AWI, which is based in Tracy, has applied for a permit from Alameda County to replace 511 of its turbines with 33 new turbines, says Sandra Rivera, of the Alameda County Planning Department. Rivera says the East County Board of Zoning Adjustments is scheduled to hear AWI’s request for this repowering permit on Nov. 19. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new 33 turbines would together produce as much energy as the 511 old turbines, a total of 54 MW. This is equivalent to one sixth of the Altamont’s total current capacity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rivera calls the news that AWI plans to shut down all its turbines and seek a permit to replace most of them “a big deal.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They (AWI) will be in sync with the rest of the repowering,” Rivera says. “And the old-gen turbines, which are known to cause more fatalities, will be removed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county requires companies to remove any turbines they shut down within a year of doing so, says Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91961\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Bell, wildlife program manager at the East Bay Regional Park District, visits Buena Vista wind farm in July. In 2007 Buena Vista was one of the first wind farms in the Altamont Pass where old turbines were replaced with new ones. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91961\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Bell, wildlife program manager at the East Bay Regional Park District, visits Buena Vista wind farm in July. In 2007 Buena Vista was one of the first wind farms in the Altamont Pass where old turbines were replaced with new ones. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Only as we do the careful repowering can we hope to reduce the overall kill rates of golden eagles,” says Doug Bell, wildlife program manager at the East Bay Regional Park District. “Not only should energy production be sustainable in terms of carbon off-sets; it should also be sustainable in terms of the wildlife and the local impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Eagles Better Protected\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden eagles are of particular concern in the Altamont Pass, which is part of the densest nesting area for these raptors in the world, Bell says. According to Alameda County estimates, wind turbines at Altamont killed some 35 golden eagles in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Altamont is killing more eagles than the local population can reproduce,” says Bell, who does research on golden eagles. “It’s taking out more youngsters than they can produce and replace themselves with. Their population is going down the drain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden eagles are protected by federal law and it’s illegal to kill a single eagle. Wind energy has tripled in the country in the past seven years and the federal government has stepped up enforcement of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91962\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Krysta Rogers, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in Sacramento holds up the wing of a dead golden eagle. The eagle was found injured on July 25 on a wind farm in the Altamont Pass operated by AWI and had to be euthanized, according to an East Bay Regional Park District report. Rogers said the amputation to the bird’s left wing was “consistent with a wind turbine strike.” \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91962\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krysta Rogers, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in Sacramento holds up the wing of a dead golden eagle. The eagle was found injured on July 25 on a wind farm in the Altamont Pass operated by AWI and had to be euthanized, according to an East Bay Regional Park District report. Rogers said the amputation to the bird’s left wing was “consistent with a wind turbine strike.” \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice, with help from the USFWS, has prosecuted two wind energy companies—Duke Energy Renewables and PacifiCorp Energy—for the killing of golden eagles and other birds on their wind farms in Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2014 the USFWS awarded its first so-called eagle “take” permit. These permits allow wind energy companies to kill a small number of golden eagles each year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The prosecution of those two companies certainly sent a message to companies across the country that the Service will, and can, prosecute companies for violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Act,” says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) spokesperson Scott Flaherty. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USFWS has 16 open investigations on wind energy companies around the country, Flaherty says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has opened a criminal investigation of one company doing business in the Altamont concerning its turbines’ “take” of golden eagles, Birchell said in an email in July. Birchell wouldn’t say which company the agency was investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon hearing that AWI has told the USFWS it will shut down all its turbines, Bell, the golden eagle researcher, says he is \"relieved.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the right thing to do,” says Bell.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"One of the largest operators in the Altamont Pass says it will permanently shut down its wind turbines.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1612672892,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":37,"wordCount":1656},"headData":{"title":"Wind Energy vs. Golden Eagles - QUEST","description":"One of the largest operators in the Altamont Pass says it will permanently shut down its wind turbines.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Wind Energy vs. Golden Eagles","datePublished":"2015-10-29T13:00:36.000Z","dateModified":"2021-02-07T04:41:32.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"80816 http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/?p=80816","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2015/10/29/wind-energy-vs-golden-eagles/","disqusTitle":"Wind Energy vs. Golden Eagles","videoEmbed":"https://youtu.be/ipQGkR-Puf4","path":"/quest/80816/wind-energy-vs-golden-eagles","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The wind energy company that received a controversial extension in March to continue operating hundreds of old wind turbines in the Altamont Pass is now planning to shut them down, according to an email KQED has obtained. The company might also be replacing them with fewer new turbines, a move that would make its operation safer for birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Altamont Winds, Inc. (AWI), one of the largest operators in the East Bay’s Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, told the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in an Oct. 23 email that it is permanently shutting down all its turbines there by Sunday. The company operates 828 turbines in the Altamont.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91965\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Lynes, director of public policy at Audubon California. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91965\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Michael_Lynes_Audubon_073115_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Lynes, director of public policy at Audubon California. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sudden move is important, environmentalists say, because hundreds of birds die at the Altamont each year after getting hit by wind turbine blades, colliding with windmills, or becoming trapped inside them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a good outcome for birds in the Altamont,” says Michael Lynes, director of public policy for Audubon California, in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two other wind companies that own turbines in the Altamont, NextEra and EDF Renewable Energy, are replacing hundreds of old turbines with fewer, more powerful and more carefully sited turbines, a measure referred to as “repowering” that biologists say can reduce bird deaths. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91966\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"EDF Renewable Energy, a wind energy company based in San Diego, plans to replace about 300 turbines at its Patterson Pass wind farm, in the Altamont, with 10 to 12 new turbines. Together, the new turbines will produce twice as much electricity as the old ones did. Biologists have found that replacing a group of old turbines with carefully sited new turbines can reduce bird mortality at wind farms. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91966\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Patterson_Pass_turbines_01_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EDF Renewable Energy, a wind energy company based in San Diego, plans to replace about 300 turbines at its Patterson Pass wind farm, in the Altamont, with 10 to 12 new turbines. Together, the new turbines will produce twice as much electricity as the old ones did. Biologists have found that replacing a group of old turbines with carefully sited new turbines can reduce bird mortality at wind farms. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By keeping turbines out of low-lying areas of the Altamont, for example, companies could help golden eagles, says biologist Joe DiDonato, who is part of a team that has been monitoring 18 of these birds through radio transmitters. Golden eagles can hit a turbine as they fly low in the terrain in search of prey. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re using that hill as a camouflage to slip around the corner and maybe grab an unsuspecting squirrel,” said DiDonato on a recent visit to the Altamont Pass area, as he pointed to a golden eagle flying nearby. “If they’re coming around the low end of a ridge and the wind picks them up, it could push them towards a wind turbine blade as well.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91963\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Biologist Joe DiDonato looked for golden eagles at the Buena Vista wind farm, in the Altamont Pass, in July. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91963\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Joe_DiDonato_at_Buena_Vista_072815_02_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Biologist Joe DiDonato looked for golden eagles at the Buena Vista wind farm, in the Altamont Pass, in July. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Concern About Birds Said to Prompt Closure \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AWI’s permit from Alameda County had required the company to remove its turbines this year, in order to reduce bird deaths. But the company instead applied for a three-year extension to the county, which oversees operation of most of the 78-square-mile Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a letter to Alameda County, Jill Birchell, special agent in charge of the USFWS’ Office of Law Enforcement for California and Nevada wrote that turbines “owned and operated” by AWI in the Altamont had been associated with the death or injury of 67 golden eagles between 2004 and 2014. She recommended that the county deny AWI’s request to extend its operation permit for its turbines. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But on March 24, the county’s board of supervisors gave AWI a controversial extension that allowed the Tracy wind company to continue operating its old-generation turbines until 2018.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abruptly last week, on Oct. 23, AWI vice president Bill Damon sent an email to the USFWS in Sacramento informing the agency of its decision to close down all its Altamont turbines by Sunday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reduction of avian impacts was a primary factor that influenced our decision to discontinue operating our Altamont wind farms,” Damon wrote in his email. KQED has obtained a copy of the email, but neither Damon nor AWI president Rick Koebbe returned calls and emails seeking confirmation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>‘Black Eye’ for Wind Energy\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91967\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Golden eagles fly by a wind turbine in the Altamont Pass. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91967\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-1440x811.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Smallwood_golden_eagles_turbine_resized-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Golden eagles fly by a wind turbine in the Altamont Pass. \u003ccite>(Shawn Smallwood)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the early 1980s, wind companies installed 7,000 turbines in the Altamont Pass. Shortly after the wind farms opened, scientists discovered the turbines were killing hundreds of birds of prey each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Altamont was sort of seen as a black eye for renewable energy,” says the Audubon’s Lynes, “because anytime someone was proposing a new wind farm, it would raise the specter of the Altamont Pass.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2005, several local chapters of the Audubon Society, as well as other environmental groups, sued to force wind companies to protect birds in the Altamont. The settlement reached in 2007 required Alameda County and wind companies to cut bird mortality in half by 2009. To that end, companies agreed to remove turbines that biologists deemed to be most dangerous to birds. They also began to shut down their turbines during the winter months, when electricity demand is lowest and bird activity highest. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91968\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Workers pulled down this wind turbine at the Tres Vaqueros wind farm in the Altamont Pass in July. All throughout the Altamont, companies are tearing down old turbines. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91968\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-1440x811.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Turbine_decommissioned_Tres_Vaqueros_072815_02_resized4-960x541.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers pulled down this wind turbine at the Tres Vaqueros wind farm in the Altamont Pass in July. All throughout the Altamont, companies are tearing down old turbines. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Altamont Pass has only about 3,000 turbines now. But statistics compiled by the county in 2014 show bird mortality has decreased by only 25 to 40 percent, depending on the species.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AWI, which is based in Tracy, has applied for a permit from Alameda County to replace 511 of its turbines with 33 new turbines, says Sandra Rivera, of the Alameda County Planning Department. Rivera says the East County Board of Zoning Adjustments is scheduled to hear AWI’s request for this repowering permit on Nov. 19. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new 33 turbines would together produce as much energy as the 511 old turbines, a total of 54 MW. This is equivalent to one sixth of the Altamont’s total current capacity. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rivera calls the news that AWI plans to shut down all its turbines and seek a permit to replace most of them “a big deal.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They (AWI) will be in sync with the rest of the repowering,” Rivera says. “And the old-gen turbines, which are known to cause more fatalities, will be removed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county requires companies to remove any turbines they shut down within a year of doing so, says Rivera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91961\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Bell, wildlife program manager at the East Bay Regional Park District, visits Buena Vista wind farm in July. In 2007 Buena Vista was one of the first wind farms in the Altamont Pass where old turbines were replaced with new ones. \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91961\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Doug_Bell_EBRPD_at_Buena_Vista_072815_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Doug Bell, wildlife program manager at the East Bay Regional Park District, visits Buena Vista wind farm in July. In 2007 Buena Vista was one of the first wind farms in the Altamont Pass where old turbines were replaced with new ones. \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Only as we do the careful repowering can we hope to reduce the overall kill rates of golden eagles,” says Doug Bell, wildlife program manager at the East Bay Regional Park District. “Not only should energy production be sustainable in terms of carbon off-sets; it should also be sustainable in terms of the wildlife and the local impacts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Golden Eagles Better Protected\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden eagles are of particular concern in the Altamont Pass, which is part of the densest nesting area for these raptors in the world, Bell says. According to Alameda County estimates, wind turbines at Altamont killed some 35 golden eagles in 2013.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Altamont is killing more eagles than the local population can reproduce,” says Bell, who does research on golden eagles. “It’s taking out more youngsters than they can produce and replace themselves with. Their population is going down the drain.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Golden eagles are protected by federal law and it’s illegal to kill a single eagle. Wind energy has tripled in the country in the past seven years and the federal government has stepped up enforcement of the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91962\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized.jpg\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/quest/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Krysta Rogers, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in Sacramento holds up the wing of a dead golden eagle. The eagle was found injured on July 25 on a wind farm in the Altamont Pass operated by AWI and had to be euthanized, according to an East Bay Regional Park District report. Rogers said the amputation to the bird’s left wing was “consistent with a wind turbine strike.” \" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91962\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-1440x810.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-1180x664.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/39/2015/11/Golden_eagle_necropsy_CU_resized-960x540.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krysta Rogers, of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife in Sacramento holds up the wing of a dead golden eagle. The eagle was found injured on July 25 on a wind farm in the Altamont Pass operated by AWI and had to be euthanized, according to an East Bay Regional Park District report. Rogers said the amputation to the bird’s left wing was “consistent with a wind turbine strike.” \u003ccite>(Gabriela Quirós/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Department of Justice, with help from the USFWS, has prosecuted two wind energy companies—Duke Energy Renewables and PacifiCorp Energy—for the killing of golden eagles and other birds on their wind farms in Wyoming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in 2014 the USFWS awarded its first so-called eagle “take” permit. These permits allow wind energy companies to kill a small number of golden eagles each year. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The prosecution of those two companies certainly sent a message to companies across the country that the Service will, and can, prosecute companies for violation of the Bald and Golden Eagle Act,” says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) spokesperson Scott Flaherty. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The USFWS has 16 open investigations on wind energy companies around the country, Flaherty says. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agency has opened a criminal investigation of one company doing business in the Altamont concerning its turbines’ “take” of golden eagles, Birchell said in an email in July. Birchell wouldn’t say which company the agency was investigating.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Upon hearing that AWI has told the USFWS it will shut down all its turbines, Bell, the golden eagle researcher, says he is \"relieved.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s the right thing to do,” says Bell.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/80816/wind-energy-vs-golden-eagles","authors":["6186"],"categories":["quest_11765","quest_9","quest_14","quest_3422","quest_3233"],"tags":["quest_10872","quest_13388","quest_3351","quest_2349","quest_3071","quest_3165","quest_3169"],"collections":["quest_3357"],"featImg":"quest_80817","label":"quest_3357"},"quest_45367":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_45367","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"45367","score":null,"sort":[1348848884000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"bart-installs-system-to-give-warning-seconds-before-major-quakes-slowing-trains-%e2%80%93-928-kqed-science-news-roundup","title":"BART Installs System To Give Warning Seconds Before Major Quakes, Slowing Trains – 9/28 KQED Science News Roundup","publishDate":1348848884,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kII','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kII\\'>BART installs system to give warning seconds before major quakes, slowing trains - ContraCostaTimes.com</a>In a marriage of technology and earthquake safety, BART has become the first U.S. transit system to install an early-warning system that can detect major earthquakes seconds before the ground begins shaking and then slow trains to reduce the risk of derailments, injuries and deaths.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kII\">BART installs system to give warning seconds before major quakes, slowing trains - ContraCostaTimes.com\u003c/a>In a marriage of technology and earthquake safety, BART has become the first U.S. transit system to install an early-warning system that can detect major earthquakes seconds before the ground begins shaking and then slow trains to reduce the risk of derailments, injuries and deaths.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Contracostatimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4km1 ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/15/32/20/3515424/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4km1 \\'>Law may encourage mammogram alternatives</a>A new law that will require California doctors to tell women if they have highly dense breast tissue is expected to increase demand for alternatives to mammography to screen patients for breast cancer. [...] methods include 3-D mammography, gamma imaging, hand-held and automated ultrasounds and, in women with an extremely high chance of getting cancer, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/15/32/20/3515424/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4km1%20\">Law may encourage mammogram alternatives\u003c/a>A new law that will require California doctors to tell women if they have highly dense breast tissue is expected to increase demand for alternatives to mammography to screen patients for breast cancer. [...] methods include 3-D mammography, gamma imaging, hand-held and automated ultrasounds and, in women with an extremely high chance of getting cancer, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kv7','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/files/2012/09/AirplaneSeats_Victor_L_Antunez_Flickr-150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kv7\\'>Analysis: Access to Health Care Starting to Resemble Access to Air Travel</a>The old axis of access \\u00adin U.S. health care -- insured or uninsured -- is being replaced by the kind of gradations and complexity in determining who-gets-what-when-for-what-price for which the airline industry has become famous. Some recent data and reactions to the provisions of the Affordable Care Act reinforce the trend.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/files/2012/09/AirplaneSeats_Victor_L_Antunez_Flickr-150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kv7\">Analysis: Access to Health Care Starting to Resemble Access to Air Travel\u003c/a>The old axis of access in U.S. health care -- insured or uninsured -- is being replaced by the kind of gradations and complexity in determining who-gets-what-when-for-what-price for which the airline industry has become famous. Some recent data and reactions to the provisions of the Affordable Care Act reinforce the trend.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kOz ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site6/2012/0927/20120927__sscs0928jbdesal~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kOz \\'>\\'Fresh-squeezed water\\': Desalination debate raises financial, environmental and philosophical concerns - Santa Cruz Sentinel</a>Click photo to enlarge Will marine life be harmed during the ocean intake? What will the plant cost and who will pay for it? Have alternatives been exhausted? Will the new water enable the kind of population growth some Santa Cruzans have fought for generations?<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Santacruzsentinel</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site6/2012/0927/20120927__sscs0928jbdesal~1_VIEWER.JPG\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kOz%20\">'Fresh-squeezed water': Desalination debate raises financial, environmental and philosophical concerns - Santa Cruz Sentinel\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge Will marine life be harmed during the ocean intake? What will the plant cost and who will pay for it? Have alternatives been exhausted? Will the new water enable the kind of population growth some Santa Cruzans have fought for generations?\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Santacruzsentinel\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kUe','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://californiawatch.org/files/Nature1.jpeg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kUe\\'>Big earthquakes can trigger temblors across globe, USGS says</a>USGS The incidence of magnitude 5.5-or-greater earthquakes increased across the globe after a magnitude 8.6 temblor an April. A large earthquake in one part of the globe can trigger earthquakes elsewhere, according to new research by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and UC Berkeley.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://californiawatch.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Californiawatch</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://californiawatch.org/files/Nature1.jpeg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kUe\">Big earthquakes can trigger temblors across globe, USGS says\u003c/a>USGS The incidence of magnitude 5.5-or-greater earthquakes increased across the globe after a magnitude 8.6 temblor an April. A large earthquake in one part of the globe can trigger earthquakes elsewhere, according to new research by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and UC Berkeley.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Californiawatch\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4mxT','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.npr.org/chrome/news/nprlogo_138x46-s2.gif\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4mxT\\'>Biodegradable Electronics Could End Toxic Trash : NPR</a>A future in which a discarded cell phone dissolves into a landfill, rather than living on for thousands of years as garbage, may not be that far off. Melissa Block talks with John A. Rogers, a 2009 MacArthur Fellow and professor of engineering at University of Illinois, about his research into \\"transient electronics.\\"<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.npr.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Npr</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.npr.org/chrome/news/nprlogo_138x46-s2.gif\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4mxT\">Biodegradable Electronics Could End Toxic Trash : NPR\u003c/a>A future in which a discarded cell phone dissolves into a landfill, rather than living on for thousands of years as garbage, may not be that far off. Melissa Block talks with John A. Rogers, a 2009 MacArthur Fellow and professor of engineering at University of Illinois, about his research into \"transient electronics.\"\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Npr\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4nHw','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120928&t=2&i=657715909&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88R0P3K00\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4nHw\\'>New virus not spreading easily between people: WHO</a>LONDON (Reuters) - A new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears not to spread easily form person to person, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120928&t=2&i=657715909&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88R0P3K00\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4nHw\">New virus not spreading easily between people: WHO\u003c/a>LONDON (Reuters) - A new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears not to spread easily form person to person, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1348848884,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":9,"wordCount":433},"headData":{"title":"BART Installs System To Give Warning Seconds Before Major Quakes, Slowing Trains – 9/28 KQED Science News Roundup | KQED","description":"Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"BART Installs System To Give Warning Seconds Before Major Quakes, Slowing Trains – 9/28 KQED Science News Roundup","datePublished":"2012-09-28T16:14:44.000Z","dateModified":"2012-09-28T16:14:44.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"45367 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?post_type=bulletins&p=45367","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/28/bart-installs-system-to-give-warning-seconds-before-major-quakes-slowing-trains-%e2%80%93-928-kqed-science-news-roundup/","disqusTitle":"BART Installs System To Give Warning Seconds Before Major Quakes, Slowing Trains – 9/28 KQED Science News Roundup","path":"/quest/45367/bart-installs-system-to-give-warning-seconds-before-major-quakes-slowing-trains-%e2%80%93-928-kqed-science-news-roundup","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kII','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kII\\'>BART installs system to give warning seconds before major quakes, slowing trains - ContraCostaTimes.com</a>In a marriage of technology and earthquake safety, BART has become the first U.S. transit system to install an early-warning system that can detect major earthquakes seconds before the ground begins shaking and then slow trains to reduce the risk of derailments, injuries and deaths.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kII\">BART installs system to give warning seconds before major quakes, slowing trains - ContraCostaTimes.com\u003c/a>In a marriage of technology and earthquake safety, BART has become the first U.S. transit system to install an early-warning system that can detect major earthquakes seconds before the ground begins shaking and then slow trains to reduce the risk of derailments, injuries and deaths.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Contracostatimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4km1 ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/15/32/20/3515424/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4km1 \\'>Law may encourage mammogram alternatives</a>A new law that will require California doctors to tell women if they have highly dense breast tissue is expected to increase demand for alternatives to mammography to screen patients for breast cancer. [...] methods include 3-D mammography, gamma imaging, hand-held and automated ultrasounds and, in women with an extremely high chance of getting cancer, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww1.hdnux.com/photos/15/32/20/3515424/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4km1%20\">Law may encourage mammogram alternatives\u003c/a>A new law that will require California doctors to tell women if they have highly dense breast tissue is expected to increase demand for alternatives to mammography to screen patients for breast cancer. [...] methods include 3-D mammography, gamma imaging, hand-held and automated ultrasounds and, in women with an extremely high chance of getting cancer, breast magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kv7','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/files/2012/09/AirplaneSeats_Victor_L_Antunez_Flickr-150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kv7\\'>Analysis: Access to Health Care Starting to Resemble Access to Air Travel</a>The old axis of access \\u00adin U.S. health care -- insured or uninsured -- is being replaced by the kind of gradations and complexity in determining who-gets-what-when-for-what-price for which the airline industry has become famous. Some recent data and reactions to the provisions of the Affordable Care Act reinforce the trend.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/stateofhealth/files/2012/09/AirplaneSeats_Victor_L_Antunez_Flickr-150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kv7\">Analysis: Access to Health Care Starting to Resemble Access to Air Travel\u003c/a>The old axis of access in U.S. health care -- insured or uninsured -- is being replaced by the kind of gradations and complexity in determining who-gets-what-when-for-what-price for which the airline industry has become famous. Some recent data and reactions to the provisions of the Affordable Care Act reinforce the trend.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kOz ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site6/2012/0927/20120927__sscs0928jbdesal~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kOz \\'>\\'Fresh-squeezed water\\': Desalination debate raises financial, environmental and philosophical concerns - Santa Cruz Sentinel</a>Click photo to enlarge Will marine life be harmed during the ocean intake? What will the plant cost and who will pay for it? Have alternatives been exhausted? 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What will the plant cost and who will pay for it? Have alternatives been exhausted? Will the new water enable the kind of population growth some Santa Cruzans have fought for generations?\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Santacruzsentinel\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e4kUe','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://californiawatch.org/files/Nature1.jpeg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e4kUe\\'>Big earthquakes can trigger temblors across globe, USGS says</a>USGS The incidence of magnitude 5.5-or-greater earthquakes increased across the globe after a magnitude 8.6 temblor an April. A large earthquake in one part of the globe can trigger earthquakes elsewhere, according to new research by scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and UC Berkeley.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://californiawatch.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Californiawatch</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://californiawatch.org/files/Nature1.jpeg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4kUe\">Big earthquakes can trigger temblors across globe, USGS says\u003c/a>USGS The incidence of magnitude 5.5-or-greater earthquakes increased across the globe after a magnitude 8.6 temblor an April. 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Melissa Block talks with John A. 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A new and potentially fatal virus from the same family as SARS which was discovered in a patient in London last week appears not to spread easily form person to person, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120928&t=2&i=657715909&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88R0P3K00\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e4nHw\">New virus not spreading easily between people: WHO\u003c/a>LONDON (Reuters) - 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[...] the one on April 11 caused what scientists termed an \\"astonishing\\" increase in dangerous quake activity across five continents for at least six days, with temblors triggered, among other places, in Japan, Alaska, Mexico, and off the coast of Oregon.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e2wrG\">Large April quake rattled the globe\u003c/a>A huge earthquake that struck beneath the Indian Ocean in April triggered an extraordinary burst of large quakes around the world that alerted scientists to new seismic hazards everywhere. [...] the one on April 11 caused what scientists termed an \"astonishing\" increase in dangerous quake activity across five continents for at least six days, with temblors triggered, among other places, in Japan, Alaska, Mexico, and off the coast of Oregon.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/e2wDq','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/e2wDq\\'>Governor Jerry Brown signs bill that bans the use of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats in California - San Jose Mercury News</a>SACRAMENTO -- In what animal welfare activists say is the end of an inhumane, unsporting practice and hunters call legislative meddling in natural resource policy, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a law banning the use of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats. The bill, authored by state Sen.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/e2wDq\">Governor Jerry Brown signs bill that bans the use of dogs to hunt bears and bobcats in California - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>SACRAMENTO -- In what animal welfare activists say is the end of an inhumane, unsporting practice and hunters call legislative meddling in natural resource policy, Gov. 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Car designer Chris Bangle has spent years designing forward-thinking vehicles, so now, with self-driving cars just legalized in California, we decided to pick his brain on what\\'s next for the automobile that no longer needs its master.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.popsci.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Popsci</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.popsci.com/files/articles/stanford-audi-tt-s-autonomous-vehicle-at-pikes-peak-rear-view.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Invisibility, No Brake Lights, Ads Everywhere: The Future Of Self-Driving CarsFollowing news that California has legalized self-driving cars, the legendary ex-BMW design chief Chris Bangle shares his thoughts on what's next for auto design. 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But researchers at San Francisco State University are bringing the conversation to the birds. These scientists have found that as the climate changes and the northern latitudes heat up, avian malaria - a devastating bird disease - is steadily creeping toward the North Pole.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.baycitizen.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Baycitizen</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.baycitizen.org/uploaded/images/2012/9/bird-avian-malaria/original/bird%20avian%20malaria.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dYFQn\">Avian malaria marches northward as climate warms\u003c/a>Super-hot summers, explosive storms and melting ice caps are the usual images that spring up when discussing climate change. But researchers at San Francisco State University are bringing the conversation to the birds. These scientists have found that as the climate changes and the northern latitudes heat up, avian malaria - a devastating bird disease - is steadily creeping toward the North Pole.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Baycitizen\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dYFVR','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/15/14/65/3460433/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dYFVR\\'>Antarctic marine sanctuary plans falter</a>The United States and New Zealand have spent two years trying to agree on an Alaska-size marine sanctuary where fishing would be banned and scientists could study climate change. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took a strong interest in the outcome, regularly prodding diplomats, and New Zealand recently sent a delegation to Washington to reach a tentative deal.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/15/14/65/3460433/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dYFVR\">Antarctic marine sanctuary plans falter\u003c/a>The United States and New Zealand have spent two years trying to agree on an Alaska-size marine sanctuary where fishing would be banned and scientists could study climate change. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took a strong interest in the outcome, regularly prodding diplomats, and New Zealand recently sent a delegation to Washington to reach a tentative deal.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dYG5S','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/27/16/3502998/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dYG5S\\'>Einstein\\'s brain is now interactive iPad app</a>While Albert Einstein\\'s genius isn\\'t included, an exclusive iPad application launched Tuesday promises to make detailed images of his brain more accessible to scientists than ever before. A medical museum under development in Chicago obtained funding to scan and digitize nearly 350 fragile and priceless slides made from slices of Einstein\\'s brain after his death in 1955.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/27/16/3502998/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Einstein's brain is now interactive iPad appWhile Albert Einstein's genius isn't included, an exclusive iPad application launched Tuesday promises to make detailed images of his brain more accessible to scientists than ever before. 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A medical museum under development in Chicago obtained funding to scan and digitize nearly 350 fragile and priceless slides made from slices of Einstein\\'s brain after his death in 1955.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/27/16/3502998/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Einstein's brain is now interactive iPad appWhile Albert Einstein's genius isn't included, an exclusive iPad application launched Tuesday promises to make detailed images of his brain more accessible to scientists than ever before. 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Living on the coast, it might be easy to think that California escaped the heat wave suffered by much of the nation this summer.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/files/2012/09/IMG_2485.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dWSpv\">California's Farm Belt Didn't Dodge the Summer Heat Wave\u003c/a>California's Farm Belt Didn't Dodge the Summer Heat Wave Abnormally warm summer temperatures were felt across much of interior California By Nicholas Christen and Craig Miller Autumn is here, so says the calendar. Living on the coast, it might be easy to think that California escaped the heat wave suffered by much of the nation this summer.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dWOzx','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0923/20120923__ecct0924hantaprobe~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dWOzx\\'>Scientists hunt for cause of hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite - ContraCostaTimes.com</a>Click photo to enlarge Scientists seeking a cause for the deadly hantavirus outbreak among Yosemite visitors over the summer are investigating whether a spike in the deer mouse population, combined with the unusual design of some tent cabins that enabled mice to nest in the insulation, made it easier for people to contract the rare disease.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dWOzx\">Scientists hunt for cause of hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite - 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[...]<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/24/40/3491882/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Desalination no panacea for Calif. water woes(AP) â In the Central California coastal town of Marina, a $7 million desalination plant that can turn salty ocean waves into fresh drinking water sits idle behind rusty, locked doors, shuttered by water officials because rising energy costs made the plant too expensive. 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Living on the coast, it might be easy to think that California escaped the heat wave suffered by much of the nation this summer.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/files/2012/09/IMG_2485.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dWSpv\">California's Farm Belt Didn't Dodge the Summer Heat Wave\u003c/a>California's Farm Belt Didn't Dodge the Summer Heat Wave Abnormally warm summer temperatures were felt across much of interior California By Nicholas Christen and Craig Miller Autumn is here, so says the calendar. Living on the coast, it might be easy to think that California escaped the heat wave suffered by much of the nation this summer.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dWOzx','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0923/20120923__ecct0924hantaprobe~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dWOzx\\'>Scientists hunt for cause of hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite - ContraCostaTimes.com</a>Click photo to enlarge Scientists seeking a cause for the deadly hantavirus outbreak among Yosemite visitors over the summer are investigating whether a spike in the deer mouse population, combined with the unusual design of some tent cabins that enabled mice to nest in the insulation, made it easier for people to contract the rare disease.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dWOzx\">Scientists hunt for cause of hantavirus outbreak at Yosemite - 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and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dRzl5','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0919/20120919__ssjm0920shuttle~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dRzl5\\'>Retiring Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way to Bay Area, with flyover Friday morning - San Jose Mercury News</a>Click photo to enlarge The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off Wednesday on its final flight, piggybacking on a 747 across the country toward the Bay Area for a historic flyover Friday on its way to it final destination: a Los Angeles museum.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" 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Friday on its way to it final destination: a Los Angeles museum.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dRzCo','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img 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fed either genetically engineered corn or the herbicide Roundup had an increased risk of developing tumors, suffering organ damage and dying prematurely, according to a new study that was immediately swept up into the furor surrounding crop biotechnology when it was released Wednesday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/common/icons/t_wb_75.gif\" class=\"thumb 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[...] the machine needs to pass its final tests. The National Center for Atmospheric Research hopes to wrap up testing and accept the supercomputer in October.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Final testing under way for Wyoming supercomputer(AP) â Final testing is being done on a National Center for Atmospheric Research supercomputer on the outskirts of Cheyenne that will be used for climate modeling and other Earth sciences. 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data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dRzl5','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0919/20120919__ssjm0920shuttle~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dRzl5\\'>Retiring Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way to Bay Area, with flyover Friday morning - San Jose Mercury News</a>Click photo to enlarge The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off Wednesday on its final flight, piggybacking on a 747 across the country toward the Bay Area for a historic flyover Friday on its way to it final destination: a Los Angeles museum.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0919/20120919__ssjm0920shuttle~1_VIEWER.JPG\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dRzl5\">Retiring Space Shuttle Endeavour on its way to Bay Area, with flyover Friday morning - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge The Space Shuttle Endeavour lifted off Wednesday on its final flight, piggybacking on a 747 across the country toward the Bay Area for a historic flyover Friday on its way to it final destination: a Los Angeles museum.\n\u003cdiv 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style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/15/21/63/3480817/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">AP Exclusive: Unique tombs found in PhilippinesThe discovery of the rectangular tombs, which were carved into limestone outcrops jutting from the forest ground, is important because it is the first indication that Filipinos at that time practiced a more advanced burial ritual than previously thought and that they used metal tools to carve the coffins.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" 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prematurely, according to a new study that was immediately swept up into the furor surrounding crop biotechnology when it was released Wednesday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/common/icons/t_wb_75.gif\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/business/energy-environment/disputed-study-links-modified-corn-to-greater-health-risks.html\">Disputed Study Links Modified Corn to Greater Health Risks\u003c/a>Rats fed either genetically engineered corn or the herbicide Roundup had an increased risk of developing tumors, suffering organ damage and dying prematurely, according to a new study that was immediately swept up into the furor surrounding crop biotechnology when it was released Wednesday.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" 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[...] the machine needs to pass its final tests. The National Center for Atmospheric Research hopes to wrap up testing and accept the supercomputer in October.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Final testing under way for Wyoming supercomputer(AP) â Final testing is being done on a National Center for Atmospheric Research supercomputer on the outskirts of Cheyenne that will be used for climate modeling and other Earth sciences. [...] the machine needs to pass its final tests. The National Center for Atmospheric Research hopes to wrap up testing and accept the supercomputer in October.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/44484/retiring-space-shuttle-endeavour-on-its-way-to-bay-area-with-flyover-friday-morning-920-kqed-science-news-roundup","authors":["2100"],"categories":["quest_14"],"tags":["quest_13198","quest_3351","quest_1944","quest_13203","quest_2349","quest_13"],"label":"quest"},"quest_43686":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_43686","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"43686","score":null,"sort":[1348074087000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"space-shuttle-endeavour-lifts-off-for-last-time-heading-to-california-919-kqed-science-news-roundup","title":"Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off For Last Time, Heading to California – 9/19 KQED Science News Roundup","publishDate":1348074087,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPR6f','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/0919-space-shuttle-endeavour-heading-to-california/13796191-1-eng-US/0919-Space-Shuttle-Endeavour-heading-to-california_thumbnail_90.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPR6f\\'>Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off for last time, heading to California</a>The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, left its Florida home port for the last time on Wednesday and headed to California to begin a new mission as a museum exhibit. By Irene Klotz, Reuters / September 19, 2012<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.csmonitor.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Csmonitor</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/0919-space-shuttle-endeavour-heading-to-california/13796191-1-eng-US/0919-Space-Shuttle-Endeavour-heading-to-california_thumbnail_90.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPR6f\">Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off for last time, heading to California\u003c/a>The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, left its Florida home port for the last time on Wednesday and headed to California to begin a new mission as a museum exhibit. By Irene Klotz, Reuters / September 19, 2012\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Csmonitor\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/H6NiVsK8VUE/us-usa-space-shuttle-idUSBRE88I01D20120919','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654378791&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I03AN00\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/H6NiVsK8VUE/us-usa-space-shuttle-idUSBRE88I01D20120919\\'>Trees must fall to make way for space shuttle\\'s L.A. road trip</a>LOS ANGELES | Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:11pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour always had plenty of elbow room while soaring around Earth. But to make way for its slow 12-mile (19-km)journey through city streets next month to its final destination at a Los Angeles museum, some trees must fall.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654378791&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I03AN00\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/H6NiVsK8VUE/us-usa-space-shuttle-idUSBRE88I01D20120919\">Trees must fall to make way for space shuttle's L.A. road trip\u003c/a>LOS ANGELES | Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:11pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour always had plenty of elbow room while soaring around Earth. 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Consumer Reports is urging U.S. limits for arsenic in rice after tests of more than 60 popular products -- from Kellogg\\'s Rice Krispies cereal to Gerber infant cereal -- showed that most contained some level of inorganic arsenic, a known human carcinogen.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654605751&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I18A800\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-usa-rice-arsenic-idUSBRE88I0RR20120919?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29\">U.S. needs arsenic limits in rice: Consumer Reports\u003c/a>LOS ANGELES | Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:56am EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Consumer Reports is urging U.S. limits for arsenic in rice after tests of more than 60 popular products -- from Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal to Gerber infant cereal -- showed that most contained some level of inorganic arsenic, a known human carcinogen.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPRAJ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPRAJ\\'>West Nile cases in U.S. up 19 percent in latest week-CDC</a>Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:08pm EDT (Reuters) - The number of U.S. cases of West Nile virus rose by 19 percent in the latest week, slowing slightly from its earlier pace but still putting this year on track to be the worst outbreak since 2003, government figures showed on Wednesday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPRAJ\">West Nile cases in U.S. up 19 percent in latest week-CDC\u003c/a>Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:08pm EDT (Reuters) - The number of U.S. cases of West Nile virus rose by 19 percent in the latest week, slowing slightly from its earlier pace but still putting this year on track to be the worst outbreak since 2003, government figures showed on Wednesday.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPRw8 ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPRw8 \\'>Cancers on the rise in pregnant women: study</a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of pregnant women diagnosed with cancer has increased over the past couple of decades, a new study from Australia suggests. In 2007, the most recent year studied, researchers found 192 out of every 100,000 pregnant and postpartum women received a cancer diagnosis - up from 112 per 100,000 women in 1994.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPRw8%20\">Cancers on the rise in pregnant women: study\u003c/a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of pregnant women diagnosed with cancer has increased over the past couple of decades, a new study from Australia suggests. In 2007, the most recent year studied, researchers found 192 out of every 100,000 pregnant and postpartum women received a cancer diagnosis - up from 112 per 100,000 women in 1994.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPR1h','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/13/watson-portrait-097ef45a285ed6cbdc790f1bd25221e18bf3bc6d-s2.jpeg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPR1h\\'>Scientists See Upside And Downside Of Sequencing Their Own Genes : NPR</a>When scientists were looking for the first person to test a new, superfast way of deciphering someone\\'s entire genetic blueprint, they turned to James Watson - the guy who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA. \\"They had to sequence someone, so they got me,\\" he says.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.npr.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Npr</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/13/watson-portrait-097ef45a285ed6cbdc790f1bd25221e18bf3bc6d-s2.jpeg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPR1h\">Scientists See Upside And Downside Of Sequencing Their Own Genes : NPR\u003c/a>When scientists were looking for the first person to test a new, superfast way of deciphering someone's entire genetic blueprint, they turned to James Watson - the guy who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA. \"They had to sequence someone, so they got me,\" he says.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Npr\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPQEU','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2012/09/AirPollution_-Mark_H_Anbinder_Flickr_02142012-300x269.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPQEU\\'>More Regulation Considered For Bay Area\\'s Biggest Mercury Polluter, Which Is... | KQED News Fix</a>Quick, what\\'s the biggest single source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area? If you guessed something like the Chevron facility that caught fire in Richmond last month, you\\'d be wrong. It turns out that Lehigh Permanente, a Cupertino company that mines lime and uses it to make cement, put about 260 pounds of mercury into the air in 2011.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPQEU\">More Regulation Considered For Bay Area's Biggest Mercury Polluter, Which Is... | KQED News Fix\u003c/a>Quick, what's the biggest single source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area? If you guessed something like the Chevron facility that caught fire in Richmond last month, you'd be wrong. It turns out that Lehigh Permanente, a Cupertino company that mines lime and uses it to make cement, put about 260 pounds of mercury into the air in 2011.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPPnI','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/20/04/3473698/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPPnI\\'>Harvard claim of Jesus\\' Wife papyrus scrutinized</a>Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. [...] experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment\\'s anonymous owner, noting that the document\\'s value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/20/04/3473698/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Harvard claim of Jesus' Wife papyrus scrutinizedScholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. [...] experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment's anonymous owner, noting that the document's value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" 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target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/16/74/3469070/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPPuj\">Pot compound seen as tool against cancer\u003c/a>Marijuana, already shown to reduce pain and nausea in cancer patients, may be promising as a cancer-fighting agent against some of the most aggressive forms of the disease.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca 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class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPR6f\\'>Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off for last time, heading to California</a>The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, left its Florida home port for the last time on Wednesday and headed to California to begin a new mission as a museum exhibit. By Irene Klotz, Reuters / September 19, 2012<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.csmonitor.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Csmonitor</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.csmonitor.com/var/ezflow_site/storage/images/media/content/2012/0919-space-shuttle-endeavour-heading-to-california/13796191-1-eng-US/0919-Space-Shuttle-Endeavour-heading-to-california_thumbnail_90.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPR6f\">Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off for last time, heading to California\u003c/a>The space shuttle Endeavour, bolted atop a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, left its Florida home port for the last time on Wednesday and headed to California to begin a new mission as a museum exhibit. By Irene Klotz, Reuters / September 19, 2012\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.csmonitor.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Csmonitor\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/H6NiVsK8VUE/us-usa-space-shuttle-idUSBRE88I01D20120919','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654378791&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I03AN00\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/H6NiVsK8VUE/us-usa-space-shuttle-idUSBRE88I01D20120919\\'>Trees must fall to make way for space shuttle\\'s L.A. road trip</a>LOS ANGELES | Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:11pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour always had plenty of elbow room while soaring around Earth. But to make way for its slow 12-mile (19-km)journey through city streets next month to its final destination at a Los Angeles museum, some trees must fall.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654378791&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I03AN00\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/H6NiVsK8VUE/us-usa-space-shuttle-idUSBRE88I01D20120919\">Trees must fall to make way for space shuttle's L.A. road trip\u003c/a>LOS ANGELES | Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:11pm EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The space shuttle Endeavour always had plenty of elbow room while soaring around Earth. But to make way for its slow 12-mile (19-km)journey through city streets next month to its final destination at a Los Angeles museum, some trees must fall.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-usa-rice-arsenic-idUSBRE88I0RR20120919?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654605751&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I18A800\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-usa-rice-arsenic-idUSBRE88I0RR20120919?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29\\'>U.S. needs arsenic limits in rice: Consumer Reports</a>LOS ANGELES | Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:56am EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Consumer Reports is urging U.S. limits for arsenic in rice after tests of more than 60 popular products -- from Kellogg\\'s Rice Krispies cereal to Gerber infant cereal -- showed that most contained some level of inorganic arsenic, a known human carcinogen.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20120919&t=2&i=654605751&w=130&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&r=CBRE88I18A800\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/19/us-usa-rice-arsenic-idUSBRE88I0RR20120919?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29\">U.S. needs arsenic limits in rice: Consumer Reports\u003c/a>LOS ANGELES | Wed Sep 19, 2012 11:56am EDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Consumer Reports is urging U.S. limits for arsenic in rice after tests of more than 60 popular products -- from Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal to Gerber infant cereal -- showed that most contained some level of inorganic arsenic, a known human carcinogen.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPRAJ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPRAJ\\'>West Nile cases in U.S. up 19 percent in latest week-CDC</a>Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:08pm EDT (Reuters) - The number of U.S. cases of West Nile virus rose by 19 percent in the latest week, slowing slightly from its earlier pace but still putting this year on track to be the worst outbreak since 2003, government figures showed on Wednesday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPRAJ\">West Nile cases in U.S. up 19 percent in latest week-CDC\u003c/a>Wed Sep 19, 2012 12:08pm EDT (Reuters) - The number of U.S. cases of West Nile virus rose by 19 percent in the latest week, slowing slightly from its earlier pace but still putting this year on track to be the worst outbreak since 2003, government figures showed on Wednesday.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPRw8 ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPRw8 \\'>Cancers on the rise in pregnant women: study</a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of pregnant women diagnosed with cancer has increased over the past couple of decades, a new study from Australia suggests. In 2007, the most recent year studied, researchers found 192 out of every 100,000 pregnant and postpartum women received a cancer diagnosis - up from 112 per 100,000 women in 1994.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPRw8%20\">Cancers on the rise in pregnant women: study\u003c/a>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of pregnant women diagnosed with cancer has increased over the past couple of decades, a new study from Australia suggests. In 2007, the most recent year studied, researchers found 192 out of every 100,000 pregnant and postpartum women received a cancer diagnosis - up from 112 per 100,000 women in 1994.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPR1h','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/13/watson-portrait-097ef45a285ed6cbdc790f1bd25221e18bf3bc6d-s2.jpeg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPR1h\\'>Scientists See Upside And Downside Of Sequencing Their Own Genes : NPR</a>When scientists were looking for the first person to test a new, superfast way of deciphering someone\\'s entire genetic blueprint, they turned to James Watson - the guy who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA. \\"They had to sequence someone, so they got me,\\" he says.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.npr.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Npr</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/09/13/watson-portrait-097ef45a285ed6cbdc790f1bd25221e18bf3bc6d-s2.jpeg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPR1h\">Scientists See Upside And Downside Of Sequencing Their Own Genes : NPR\u003c/a>When scientists were looking for the first person to test a new, superfast way of deciphering someone's entire genetic blueprint, they turned to James Watson - the guy who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA. \"They had to sequence someone, so they got me,\" he says.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Npr\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPQEU','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/files/2012/09/AirPollution_-Mark_H_Anbinder_Flickr_02142012-300x269.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPQEU\\'>More Regulation Considered For Bay Area\\'s Biggest Mercury Polluter, Which Is... | KQED News Fix</a>Quick, what\\'s the biggest single source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area? If you guessed something like the Chevron facility that caught fire in Richmond last month, you\\'d be wrong. It turns out that Lehigh Permanente, a Cupertino company that mines lime and uses it to make cement, put about 260 pounds of mercury into the air in 2011.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPQEU\">More Regulation Considered For Bay Area's Biggest Mercury Polluter, Which Is... | KQED News Fix\u003c/a>Quick, what's the biggest single source of mercury pollution in the Bay Area? If you guessed something like the Chevron facility that caught fire in Richmond last month, you'd be wrong. It turns out that Lehigh Permanente, a Cupertino company that mines lime and uses it to make cement, put about 260 pounds of mercury into the air in 2011.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPPnI','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/20/04/3473698/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPPnI\\'>Harvard claim of Jesus\\' Wife papyrus scrutinized</a>Scholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. [...] experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment\\'s anonymous owner, noting that the document\\'s value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/20/04/3473698/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">Harvard claim of Jesus' Wife papyrus scrutinizedScholars on Wednesday questioned the much-publicized discovery by a Harvard scholar that a 4th century fragment of papyrus provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. [...] experts in the illicit antiquities trade also wondered about the motive of the fragment's anonymous owner, noting that the document's value has likely increased amid the publicity of the still-unproven find.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dPPuj','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/16/74/3469070/3/150x150.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dPPuj\\'>Pot compound seen as tool against cancer</a>Marijuana, already shown to reduce pain and nausea in cancer patients, may be promising as a cancer-fighting agent against some of the most aggressive forms of the disease.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/15/16/74/3469070/3/150x150.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dPPuj\">Pot compound seen as tool against cancer\u003c/a>Marijuana, already shown to reduce pain and nausea in cancer patients, may be promising as a cancer-fighting agent against some of the most aggressive forms of the disease.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/43686/space-shuttle-endeavour-lifts-off-for-last-time-heading-to-california-919-kqed-science-news-roundup","authors":["2100"],"categories":["quest_14"],"tags":["quest_13198","quest_3351","quest_1944","quest_13203","quest_2349","quest_13"],"label":"quest"},"quest_44394":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_44394","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"44394","score":null,"sort":[1347987084000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"space-shuttle-endeavour-expected-to-take-final-flight-over-silicon-valley-%e2%80%93-918-kqed-science-news-roundup","title":"Space Shuttle Endeavour Expected to Take Final Flight Over Silicon Valley – 9/18 KQED Science News Roundup","publishDate":1347987084,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNSLC','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0917/20120917_071526_ssjm0918cassidy90_400.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNSLC\\'>Cassidy: Space shuttle Endeavour expected to take final flight over Silicon Valley - San Jose Mercury News</a>Click photo to enlarge If all goes as planned, the Bay Area will be treated to the stunning spectacle Friday of the space shuttle Endeavour riding across the region\\'s sky and dipping low toward the ground on the back of a 747 carrying a piece of American ingenuity into retirement.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0917/20120917_071526_ssjm0918cassidy90_400.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNSLC\">Cassidy: Space shuttle Endeavour expected to take final flight over Silicon Valley - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge If all goes as planned, the Bay Area will be treated to the stunning spectacle Friday of the space shuttle Endeavour riding across the region's sky and dipping low toward the ground on the back of a 747 carrying a piece of American ingenuity into retirement.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNUqF','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNUqF\\'>First mother-to-daughter uterus transplant carried out in Sweden</a>STOCKHOLM | Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:14pm EDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Doctors in Sweden have performed the world\\'s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants, a medical team said on Tuesday. The University of Gothenburg said two Swedish women, both in their 30s, received wombs from their mothers in surgery carried out in a hospital in western Sweden over the weekend.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNUqF\">First mother-to-daughter uterus transplant carried out in Sweden\u003c/a>STOCKHOLM | Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:14pm EDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Doctors in Sweden have performed the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants, a medical team said on Tuesday. The University of Gothenburg said two Swedish women, both in their 30s, received wombs from their mothers in surgery carried out in a hospital in western Sweden over the weekend.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNTaf ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/files/2012/09/downtown_oakland2_sm-300x225.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNTaf \\'>Filling the Gaps in Oakland\\'s Climate Plan</a>Filling the Gaps in Oakland\\'s Climate Plan Study could help city prepare for impacts already on the way The City of Oakland is forging a comprehensive Energy and Climate Action Plan aimed at mitigating climate change.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/files/2012/09/downtown_oakland2_sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNTaf%20\">Filling the Gaps in Oakland's Climate Plan\u003c/a>Filling the Gaps in Oakland's Climate Plan Study could help city prepare for impacts already on the way The City of Oakland is forging a comprehensive Energy and Climate Action Plan aimed at mitigating climate change.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNTlg','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/18/science/18ROBO1_SPAN/18ROBO1-thumbLarge.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNTlg\\'>A Robot With a Delicate Touch</a>The sensation that Baxter conveys is not creepy, but benign, perhaps even disarmingly friendly. And that is intentional. Baxter, the first product of Rethink Robotics, an ambitious start-up company in a revived manufacturing district here, is a significant bet that robots in the future will work directly with humans in the workplace.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/18/science/18ROBO1_SPAN/18ROBO1-thumbLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNTlg\">A Robot With a Delicate Touch\u003c/a>The sensation that Baxter conveys is not creepy, but benign, perhaps even disarmingly friendly. And that is intentional. Baxter, the first product of Rethink Robotics, an ambitious start-up company in a revived manufacturing district here, is a significant bet that robots in the future will work directly with humans in the workplace.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNV0l','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/food/Screen%20Shot%202012-09-18%20at%2010.34.26%20AM-615-330.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNV0l\\'>In 20 Years, More Than Half of Americans in 39 States Will Be Obese</a>The national cost of obesity, in terms of lost annual productivity alone, would be around $580 billion. Brian Fung via DIYMaps.net By 2030, high obesity rates will have spread to the vast majority of the country.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.theatlantic.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Theatlantic</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/food/Screen%20Shot%202012-09-18%20at%2010.34.26%20AM-615-330.png\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNV0l\">In 20 Years, More Than Half of Americans in 39 States Will Be Obese\u003c/a>The national cost of obesity, in terms of lost annual productivity alone, would be around $580 billion. Brian Fung via DIYMaps.net By 2030, high obesity rates will have spread to the vast majority of the country.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Theatlantic\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1347987084,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":3,"wordCount":316},"headData":{"title":"Space Shuttle Endeavour Expected to Take Final Flight Over Silicon Valley – 9/18 KQED Science News Roundup | KQED","description":"Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":"","schema":{"@context":"http://schema.org","@type":"Article","headline":"Space Shuttle Endeavour Expected to Take Final Flight Over Silicon Valley – 9/18 KQED Science News Roundup","datePublished":"2012-09-18T16:51:24.000Z","dateModified":"2012-09-18T16:51:24.000Z","image":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/KQED-OG-Image@1x.png"}},"disqusIdentifier":"44394 http://science.kqed.org/quest/?post_type=bulletins&p=44394","disqusUrl":"https://ww2.kqed.org/quest/2012/09/18/space-shuttle-endeavour-expected-to-take-final-flight-over-silicon-valley-%e2%80%93-918-kqed-science-news-roundup/","disqusTitle":"Space Shuttle Endeavour Expected to Take Final Flight Over Silicon Valley – 9/18 KQED Science News Roundup","path":"/quest/44394/space-shuttle-endeavour-expected-to-take-final-flight-over-silicon-valley-%e2%80%93-918-kqed-science-news-roundup","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNSLC','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0917/20120917_071526_ssjm0918cassidy90_400.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNSLC\\'>Cassidy: Space shuttle Endeavour expected to take final flight over Silicon Valley - San Jose Mercury News</a>Click photo to enlarge If all goes as planned, the Bay Area will be treated to the stunning spectacle Friday of the space shuttle Endeavour riding across the region\\'s sky and dipping low toward the ground on the back of a 747 carrying a piece of American ingenuity into retirement.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0917/20120917_071526_ssjm0918cassidy90_400.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNSLC\">Cassidy: Space shuttle Endeavour expected to take final flight over Silicon Valley - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge If all goes as planned, the Bay Area will be treated to the stunning spectacle Friday of the space shuttle Endeavour riding across the region's sky and dipping low toward the ground on the back of a 747 carrying a piece of American ingenuity into retirement.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNUqF','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNUqF\\'>First mother-to-daughter uterus transplant carried out in Sweden</a>STOCKHOLM | Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:14pm EDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Doctors in Sweden have performed the world\\'s first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants, a medical team said on Tuesday. The University of Gothenburg said two Swedish women, both in their 30s, received wombs from their mothers in surgery carried out in a hospital in western Sweden over the weekend.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.reuters.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Reuters</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNUqF\">First mother-to-daughter uterus transplant carried out in Sweden\u003c/a>STOCKHOLM | Tue Sep 18, 2012 12:14pm EDT STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Doctors in Sweden have performed the world's first mother-to-daughter uterus transplants, a medical team said on Tuesday. The University of Gothenburg said two Swedish women, both in their 30s, received wombs from their mothers in surgery carried out in a hospital in western Sweden over the weekend.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.reuters.com\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNTaf ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/files/2012/09/downtown_oakland2_sm-300x225.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNTaf \\'>Filling the Gaps in Oakland\\'s Climate Plan</a>Filling the Gaps in Oakland\\'s Climate Plan Study could help city prepare for impacts already on the way The City of Oakland is forging a comprehensive Energy and Climate Action Plan aimed at mitigating climate change.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://blogs.kqed.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Kqed</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://blogs.kqed.org/climatewatch/files/2012/09/downtown_oakland2_sm-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNTaf%20\">Filling the Gaps in Oakland's Climate Plan\u003c/a>Filling the Gaps in Oakland's Climate Plan Study could help city prepare for impacts already on the way The City of Oakland is forging a comprehensive Energy and Climate Action Plan aimed at mitigating climate change.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://blogs.kqed.org\" target=\"_blank\">Kqed\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNTlg','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/18/science/18ROBO1_SPAN/18ROBO1-thumbLarge.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNTlg\\'>A Robot With a Delicate Touch</a>The sensation that Baxter conveys is not creepy, but benign, perhaps even disarmingly friendly. And that is intentional. Baxter, the first product of Rethink Robotics, an ambitious start-up company in a revived manufacturing district here, is a significant bet that robots in the future will work directly with humans in the workplace.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.nytimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Nytimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/18/science/18ROBO1_SPAN/18ROBO1-thumbLarge.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNTlg\">A Robot With a Delicate Touch\u003c/a>The sensation that Baxter conveys is not creepy, but benign, perhaps even disarmingly friendly. And that is intentional. Baxter, the first product of Rethink Robotics, an ambitious start-up company in a revived manufacturing district here, is a significant bet that robots in the future will work directly with humans in the workplace.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.nytimes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Nytimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv style=\"max-width: 600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dNV0l','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/food/Screen%20Shot%202012-09-18%20at%2010.34.26%20AM-615-330.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dNV0l\\'>In 20 Years, More Than Half of Americans in 39 States Will Be Obese</a>The national cost of obesity, in terms of lost annual productivity alone, would be around $580 billion. Brian Fung via DIYMaps.net By 2030, high obesity rates will have spread to the vast majority of the country.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.theatlantic.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Theatlantic</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width: nullpx; max-height: nullpx;\">\u003cimg class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\" src=\"http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/food/Screen%20Shot%202012-09-18%20at%2010.34.26%20AM-615-330.png\" alt=\"\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dNV0l\">In 20 Years, More Than Half of Americans in 39 States Will Be Obese\u003c/a>The national cost of obesity, in terms of lost annual productivity alone, would be around $580 billion. Brian Fung via DIYMaps.net By 2030, high obesity rates will have spread to the vast majority of the country.\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float: right; display: block;\">\u003ca title=\"Powered by Embedly\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" target=\"_blank\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca class=\"media-attribution-link\" href=\"http://www.theatlantic.com\" target=\"_blank\">Theatlantic\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/quest/44394/space-shuttle-endeavour-expected-to-take-final-flight-over-silicon-valley-%e2%80%93-918-kqed-science-news-roundup","authors":["2100"],"categories":["quest_14"],"tags":["quest_13198","quest_3351","quest_1944","quest_13203","quest_2349","quest_13202"],"label":"quest"},"quest_44227":{"type":"posts","id":"quest_44227","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"quest","id":"44227","score":null,"sort":[1347899190000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"researchers-pinpoint-antibody-critical-to-fighting-flu-917-kqed-science-news-roundup","title":"Researchers Pinpoint Antibody Critical To Fighting Flu – 9/17 KQED Science News Roundup","publishDate":1347899190,"format":"aside","headTitle":"QUEST | KQED Science","labelTerm":{"site":"quest"},"content":"\u003cp>Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dLUjX ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://californiawatch.org/files/flu_0.jpeg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dLUjX \\'>Researchers pinpoint antibody critical to fighting flu</a>Wilson Lab/ Scripps Research Institute Researchers have discovered an antibody (in red) that neutralizes the flu (in blue). Sifting through thousands of proteins, researchers have identified an antibody that not only prevents the influenza virus from taking hold of its victims\\' cells, but also cures already infected animals.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://californiawatch.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Californiawatch</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://californiawatch.org/files/flu_0.jpeg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLUjX%20\">Researchers pinpoint antibody critical to fighting flu\u003c/a>Wilson Lab/ Scripps Research Institute Researchers have discovered an antibody (in red) that neutralizes the flu (in blue). Sifting through thousands of proteins, researchers have identified an antibody that not only prevents the influenza virus from taking hold of its victims' cells, but also cures already infected animals.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://californiawatch.org\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Californiawatch\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dLUnP ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/business/pivot/2012/09/120914_RedLine.jpg.CROP.thumbnail-small.jpg\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dLUnP \\'>How Los Angeles-Yes, Los Angeles-Is Becoming America\\'s Next Great Mass-Transit City</a>On a recent visit to Southern California, I began my day in Claremont, where I\\'d spoken the previous evening at a Pomona College event. I walked from a hotel near campus to the Claremont Metrolink station, where I grabbed a commuter rail train to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles....<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.slate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Slate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/business/pivot/2012/09/120914_RedLine.jpg.CROP.thumbnail-small.jpg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLUnP%20\">How Los Angeles-Yes, Los Angeles-Is Becoming America's Next Great Mass-Transit City\u003c/a>On a recent visit to Southern California, I began my day in Claremont, where I'd spoken the previous evening at a Pomona College event. I walked from a hotel near campus to the Claremont Metrolink station, where I grabbed a commuter rail train to Union Station in downtown Los Angeles....\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.slate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Slate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dLUve','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0915/20120915__ssjm0916salmon~1_VIEWER.JPG\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dLUve\\'>California salmon fishermen see improved, though not stellar, 2012 season - ContraCostaTimes.com</a>Click photo to enlarge It didn\\'t live up to eye-popping preseason forecasts, but the 2012 salmon season represented a marked improvement for embattled California fishermen. With the season ending in two weeks, the Pacific Fishery Management Council released a preliminary estimate Saturday of this year\\'s catch of Chinook salmon, whose population plummeted so far just a few years ago that the 2008 and 2009 commercial seasons were canceled to protect the species.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0915/20120915__ssjm0916salmon~1_VIEWER.JPG\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLUve\">California salmon fishermen see improved, though not stellar, 2012 season - ContraCostaTimes.com\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge It didn't live up to eye-popping preseason forecasts, but the 2012 salmon season represented a marked improvement for embattled California fishermen. With the season ending in two weeks, the Pacific Fishery Management Council released a preliminary estimate Saturday of this year's catch of Chinook salmon, whose population plummeted so far just a few years ago that the 2008 and 2009 commercial seasons were canceled to protect the species.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Contracostatimes\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dLUzM ','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dLUzM \\'>320 tons of debris removed from state\\'s waterways during California Coastal Cleanup - San Jose Mercury News</a>From foggy Ocean Beach in San Francisco to the creeks of Silicon Valley to the baking hot beaches of sunny Los Angeles, tens of thousands of Californians turned out Saturday to pick up mountains of trash at 850 locations across the state.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.mercurynews.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Mercurynews</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLUzM%20\">320 tons of debris removed from state's waterways during California Coastal Cleanup - San Jose Mercury News\u003c/a>From foggy Ocean Beach in San Francisco to the creeks of Silicon Valley to the baking hot beaches of sunny Los Angeles, tens of thousands of Californians turned out Saturday to pick up mountains of trash at 850 locations across the state.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mercurynews\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dLUTS','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img src=\\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\\" class=\\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\" /><a class=\\'embedly-title\\' href=\\'http://ow.ly/dLUTS\\'>NASA postpones final ferry flight of Endeavour</a>CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour\\'s final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route. NASA had planned for the 747 carrying the shuttle to take off from Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The flight is now scheduled to take off at sunrise Tuesday.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.sfgate.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Sfgate</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.sfgate.com/img/modules/siteheader/brand.png\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">NASA postpones final ferry flight of EndeavourCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The beginning of space shuttle Endeavour's final flight to California has been postponed because of weather along the flight route. NASA had planned for the 747 carrying the shuttle to take off from Kennedy Space Center on Monday. The flight is now scheduled to take off at sunrise Tuesday.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg src=\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\" alt=\"Embedly Powered\">\u003c/a>\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"media-attribution\">\u003cspan>via \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com\" class=\"media-attribution-link\" target=\"_blank\">Sfgate\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width: 600px;max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'http://ow.ly/dLWNg','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'<div class=\\"embedly\\" style=\\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\\"><img 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target=\\"_blank\\">Latimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://www.trbimg.com/img-50552559/turbine/la-me-frog-refuge-20120916/187/16x9\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLWNg\">Endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs might get a hoppy ending\u003c/a>To reach one of the last wild populations of the mountain yellow-legged frog on Earth, Adam Backlin and Elizabeth Gallegos tramped down a no-nonsense trail, scaled cliffs and barged through nettles along a vein of water in a scowling canyon deep in the San Gabriel Mountains.\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly-clear\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"embedly-powered\" style=\"float:right;display:block\">\u003ca target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\" title=\"Powered by Embedly\">\u003cimg 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Sifting through thousands of proteins, researchers have identified an antibody that not only prevents the influenza virus from taking hold of its victims\\' cells, but also cures already infected animals.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://californiawatch.org\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Californiawatch</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://californiawatch.org/files/flu_0.jpeg\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLUjX%20\">Researchers pinpoint antibody critical to fighting flu\u003c/a>Wilson Lab/ Scripps Research Institute Researchers have discovered an antibody (in red) that neutralizes the flu (in blue). 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With the season ending in two weeks, the Pacific Fishery Management Council released a preliminary estimate Saturday of this year\\'s catch of Chinook salmon, whose population plummeted so far just a few years ago that the 2008 and 2009 commercial seasons were canceled to protect the species.<div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div><span class=\\"embedly-powered\\" style=\\"float:right;display:block\\"><a target=\\"_blank\\" href=\\"http://embed.ly?src=anywhere\\" title=\\"Powered by Embedly\\"><img src=\\"//static.embed.ly/images/logos/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\" alt=\\"Embedly Powered\\" /></a></span><div class=\\"media-attribution\\"><span>via </span><a href=\\"http://www.contracostatimes.com\\" class=\\"media-attribution-link\\" target=\\"_blank\\">Contracostatimes</a></span></div><div class=\\"embedly-clear\\"></div></div>'}\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"embedly\" style=\"max-width:nullpx;max-height:nullpx\">\u003cimg src=\"http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site568/2012/0915/20120915__ssjm0916salmon~1_VIEWER.JPG\" class=\"thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\">\u003ca class=\"embedly-title\" href=\"http://ow.ly/dLUve\">California salmon fishermen see improved, though not stellar, 2012 season - ContraCostaTimes.com\u003c/a>Click photo to enlarge It didn't live up to eye-popping preseason forecasts, but the 2012 salmon season represented a marked improvement for embattled California fishermen. 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