KPCC News: Science/Technology Podcast
KPCC's award-winning news team brings you features and interviews focusing on science and technology in Southern California. KPCC's local reporting can be heard during Morning Edition and All Things Considered, and throughout the day, at 89.3 FM. Visit KPCC online at www.kpcc.org. Note: These stories are part of KPCC's ongoing news coverage. Topic-based stories will appear in this podcast as they are broadcast on-air. New stories may appear daily, weekly, or bi-weekly, not necessarily on a predictable schedule.
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California lawmakers pass water plan to improve supply
After months of negotiation and a couple of all-night voting sessions, state lawmakers passed a cluster of bills Wednesday morning designed to improve California’s water supply. They’ve called the $11 billion package “historic” – and it is. The plan alters the way California manages water.
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City of Malibu seeks septic tank solutions
Septic tanks helped give birth to the city of Malibu just 18 years ago. People along 21 miles of scenic coastline wanted local control over how Malibu would treat wastewater. Now regional water officials will vote on whether to prohibit septic systems. Regulators blame septic tanks for poor water qu …
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LA County weighs in on MPAs: Yes in Malibu, no at Rocky Point
Los Angeles County supervisors have added their opinion to the debate over where and how to protect marine life off the Southern California coast.
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Historic legislation to improve California’s water supply stalled in Legislature
A vote on bills to improve California’s water supply stalled in the state legislature Tuesday. The Senate has passed several of the bills that comprise a comprehensive overhaul of the way the state manages and monitors water. One of the more controversial bills has hit a snag.
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LADWP sponsoring drought-friendly landscaping workshops
Water use restrictions and occasional brushfires are constant reminders that the Southland is enduring another year of drought. Here’s a partial remedy: drought-tolerant landscaping workshops begin this Saturday, Nov. 7.
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GOP boycotts climate change debate
When you’re in the minority in Washington, you often have to get creative to make your point. Tuesday in the House of Representatives, Republicans will take turns reading the entire health care bill out loud. GOP senators are trying a different tactic with the climate change bill. They’re staging …
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Green buildings grow on Skid Row
Near the Los Angeles Convention Center, a curved white building rises along the 10 freeway. The New Carver apartments will fill with disabled and recently homeless residents. The building's one of several green projects for people who live in and around downtown L.A.’s Skid Row. KPCC's Molly Peterso …
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California's lawmakers to vote on comprehensive water policy change
California lawmakers could vote as early as today on bills intended to improve the state’s water supply. Some thought they’d be able to agree on a plan last week, but negotiations stalled. Despite the setbacks, one veteran of California’s water wars says there’s still reason to hope legislators wi …
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Facebook wins anti-spam case
Social networking site Facebook says it has won a multi-million dollar award in an anti-spam case.
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UC Irvine study suggests bad driving sometimes genetic
A new study suggests bad driving may be in your genes.
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CA stem cell institute gives $200M in research grants
California’s Institute for Regeneratiave Medicine Wednesday awarded more than $200 million in research grants. Officials with the agency targeted research projects that could yield potential treatments for chronic and deadly diseases within the next four years.
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Predecessor to the Internet turns 40
If you’re listening online, or checking there for messages, the sequence of events that made it possible reached a milestone 40 years ago. UCLA’s scheduled a daylong event to mark the anniversary.
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California lawmakers propose to spend $9 billion to improve water supply
State lawmakers haven’t agreed on how to improve California's water supply. But Wednesday they agreed on how much that effort will cost. They say a little more than $9 billion ought to do it.
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Something else to worry about in a pandemic - Internet overload
Doctors advise people who suspect they have the flu to stay home. But a congressional subcommittee wondered whether that advice could lead to an unintended online crisis.
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Senate climate change hearings begin
The secretaries of Energy, Transportation, and Interior will testify Tuesday before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. They all want to be heard during the committee’s debate on a sweeping climate change bill.
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Unique dinosaur fossils on display at LA County Natural History Museum
Fossils of what is believed to be North America's smallest dinosaur are on display now at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The Fruitadens Haagarorum was no more than two pounds and slightly over a couple feet long. The juveniles were even smaller. Scientists say the Fruitadens Haa …
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UC Irvine scientists look to eyes to diagnose, treat Alzheimer’s disease
A new UC Irvine study suggests the eyes might give doctors a clue about whether someone has Alzheimer’s disease.
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UCLA animal researchers step up efforts against protesters
Scientists at UCLA are stepping up their campaign against violent extremists and others who say there’s no human benefit from experiments on animals.
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Boxer climate change bill depends on state, not party interests
Next week, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee begins hearings on a climate change bill that's co-authored by Barbara Boxer of California. The battle lines over the bill may be drawn along state, and not party, interests.
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San Onofre nuclear power plant to test sirens
If you live or work in South Orange County, you'll hear a familiar sound Wednesday morning. The San Onofre Nuclear Station will do an annual test of its sirens between 10 and noon today.
KPCC News: Science/Technology Podcast
