science

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…

4 years ago

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 Festival, which starts…

5 years ago

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 pay for a…

6 years ago

Inmates celebrate academic success

Two inmates passed their high school equivalency exams and six others earned certificates in subjects such as mathematics, science and…

8 years ago

Police confirm Ian Murdock arrest before threatened suicide

Open source pioneer Ian Murdock died in an apparent suicide after a violent police encounter.

8 years ago

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.

9 years ago

SF school board rejects high school assignment plan

An effort to change San Francisco's notoriously complicated school assignment process has been voted down.

9 years ago

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 company will spend…

9 years ago

Teacher badly burned during science experiment

A Palo Alto High School science teacher was badly burned in a science experiment that went wrong.

9 years ago

FBI seeks geeks to battle cybercrime

The FBI is looking for "tech talent" to help protect the United States from cyber-based attacks.

9 years ago

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.

10 years ago

It’s the science and math, stupid

Lower standards in high school education threaten to throttle the supply of future scientists and engineers.

10 years ago

Buzzing bees bring big bucks

Pollination from bees contributes to about $200 billion in global annual food production.

10 years ago

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 tick.

10 years ago

Furry ‘new’ mammal discovered in South America

A critter that looks like a mix between a raccoon and a teddy bear is the first 'new' Western Hemisphere…

11 years ago

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.

11 years ago

Explor­atorium ready to amaze on Pier 15

Other than the classic facade, everything in the new Exploratorium is designed for the 21st century.

11 years ago

Bionic eye delivers sight to the blind

After years of research and approval in Europe, the first bionic eye has finally seen the light of day in…

11 years ago

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 overexposed to water.

11 years ago

Sea otters fend off global warming

Researchers say sea otters and their taste for sea urchin help to palliate our planet's warming atmosphere.

12 years ago

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