Lindsay Wildlife finds way to thrive in virtual science education
At Lindsay Wildlife Experience, the months of March through June are generally the year’s busiest, with students crowding around exhibits to see the ...
People get a look behind the scenes during Bay Area Science Festival
Science will be celebrated for more than week in the Bay Area during the Bay Area Science ...
UCSF gets $500M donation for seismically safe hospital
The University of California at San Francisco received a $500 million commitment from a charitable foundation to ...
Inmates celebrate academic success
Two inmates passed their high school equivalency exams and six
others earned certificates in subjects such as mathematics, ...
Police confirm Ian Murdock arrest before threatened suicide
Open source pioneer Ian Murdock died in an apparent suicide after a violent police encounter.
Willie Brown Middle School set for debut
Two hundred sixth-graders will begin orientation at the still-under-construction school in Silver Terrace on Monday.
SF school board rejects high school assignment plan
An effort to change San Francisco's notoriously complicated school assignment process has been voted down.
Intel to spend $5 million on computer science education in Oakland schools
Intel and the Oakland Unified School District are entering into a memorandum of understanding in which the technology ...
Teacher badly burned during science experiment
A Palo Alto High School science teacher was badly burned in a science experiment that went wrong.
FBI seeks geeks to battle cybercrime
The FBI is looking for "tech talent" to help protect the United States from cyber-based attacks.
1 in 4 Americans unaware Earth circles the sun
A poll of 2,200 Americans showed one in four are unaware that our Earth orbits the sun.
It’s the science and math, stupid
Lower standards in high school education threaten to throttle the supply of future scientists and engineers. ...
Buzzing bees bring big bucks
Pollination from bees contributes to about $200 billion in global annual food production.
Women’s and men’s brains are wired differently
A study shows there may be some truth to common beliefs about what makes men and women ...
Furry ‘new’ mammal discovered in South America
A critter that looks like a mix between a raccoon and a teddy bear is the first ...
Dolphins ‘remember friends’ whistles’ for decades
Bottlenose dolphins can remember whistles for more than 20 years, the longest social memory ever observed in an animal.
Exploratorium ready to amaze on Pier 15
Other than the classic facade, everything in the new Exploratorium is designed for the 21st century.
Bionic eye delivers sight to the blind
After years of research and approval in Europe, the first bionic eye has finally seen the light ...
Science unlocks secret behind wet, pruney fingers
A team of scientists in the UK have uncovered the reason why people's fingers pucker up when ...
Sea otters fend off global warming
Researchers say sea otters and their taste for sea urchin help to palliate our planet's warming atmosphere.
Tony Hawk shreds up science
A skateboard is the vehicle to some rad physics knowledge at the Lawrence Hall of Science.
‘Supermoon’ only a threat to the really dumb
The Moon isn't gonna hit the Earth. It never does. It's the Moon. That's how a moon ...
Science education in jeopardy
A new budget from Gov. Jerry Brown proposes that California high schools slice in half the current ...
