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How to jump from a moving train using science

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Natural monopolies and PG&E's deferred maintenance (cause of the Paradise Fire)

Pete Douglas op-ed

SFO aircraft noise tracker

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse: $9M upgrade

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SMC seismic hazard zone maps

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New Oroville Dam spillways ready to rumble

COMET 46P/WIRTANEN AS SHINY AS A FULL MOON

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COASTSIDE MEDFLIES ERADICATED

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MEDFLY QUARANTINE CONTINUES

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MARS APPEARS BIGGER AND BRIGHTER

Mars is approaching Earth for a 15-year close encounter. The Red Planet is now so bright that it is experiencing forms of atmospheric optics normally reserved for objects like the sun and the moon. Recently, an astronomer in Sweden watching Mars witnessed a rare green flash. Visit Spaceweather.com for a video of the phenomenon and more information about the Martian brightening. 

FLIGHT ATTENDANTS' RADIATION RISKS

On the heels of a new study showing that flight attendants have an elevated risk of cancer compared to the general population, Spaceweather.com and the students of "Earth to Sky Calculus" recently boarded a plane to New Zealand carrying an array of cosmic ray sensors. During their 13-hour flight across the South Pacific, the team detected secondary cosmic rays in the passenger compartment almost 40 times stronger than on the ground below. Their "haul" of radiation included a significant number of neutrons captured in portable bubble chambers. Read Spaceweather.com for the full story.

GREEN COMET APPROACHES

A comet that could become visible to the naked eye in August has exploded in brightness, suddenly increasing its luminosity 16-fold. Whatever happened on Comet PANSTARRS (C/2017 S3) on July 1 has given it an expanding green atmosphere almost twice the size of the planet Jupiter. Visit Spaceweather.com for pictures and more information about this approaching comet.

HACKERS TARGET HOME ROUTERS

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JARON LANIER'S ARGUMENT FOR GETTING OFF FACEBOOK

INTERVIEW

POOL POLITICS: HIGH-TECH SWIMSUIT CONTROVERSY

NEWS STORY

MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY QUARANTINE

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COASTAL QUARANTINE

OROVILLE DAM REPAIR (VIDEOS)

High-Speed High-Rise

 

Password Managers: Hackers' Delight

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Password managers are a pain to set up, but they make us feel safe. Read this story and think again!

Contest: Help MIT Solve World Problems

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) welcomes constructive ideas that might help solve the world's problems, grouped into four categories: LEARN, CURE, FUEL, MAKE. Contest winners in each category will go to the United Nations on March 7, 2017, to present their ideas. Learn more, read the challenges, and propose solutions at this link: SOLVE