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A group of West Oakland students treks up to the Sierra to try to help a small mammal that may be threatened by climate change.

For years, farms and cities have pumped water out to meet their needs. But now, as water supplies dwindle, there’s a major movement afoot to put some water back.

A half-hour documentary on how climate change is challenging California’s $30 billion agricultural industry. Co-produced by KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting.

Ocean is the far frontier for rugged individualists, aka seasteaders, who want to build floating cities at sea

Being able to cut a drop of water in half could have applications in biomedical research

Here's today's roundup of science, nature and environment news from the Bay Area and beyond.

Architect Mitchell Joachim talks about using synthetic biology to grow new construction materials and even buildings, and imagines the perfect city

Scientists and farmers are starting to notice that, as California's winters warm up, the state is becoming more hospitable to destructive agricultural pests.

The autumn brings the annual raptor migration over Hawk Hill in the Marin Headlands north of San Francisco. Find out about their journey and the people who count them.

Microchips that were once designed solely for enhancing computer graphics are revolutionising data-heavy scientific research

See how a dot seems to change place depending on what's happening around it

The wireless device, called PALLA, can be held in the hand or rolled along a surface, making interacting with video games far more intuitive

Expensive skin cream manufacturer explains not quite all, the truth about cholera pie, an official invitation to rewrite history, and more (full text available to subscribers)

George Petrie of the Seasteading Institute, set up to build ocean-going communities. explains why the life aquatic is the future for humanity (full text available to subscribers)

Climate change is contributing to reduced cherry yields in California. This video is part of the Heat and Harvest series, co-produced by KQED and the Center for Investigative Reporting.

After algorithms spot a problem, snake-like robots may one day be used to investigate faulty engines, saving time and money

How can you prove one event causes another? A new test can find out, even in complex ecosystems (full text available to subscribers)