How to Know What’s in Your Pot Brownie: After years of DIY trial and error, marijuana breeders are using science to validate the potency and purity of their cannabis.
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Can the eucalyptus ever be accepted as a ‘native’ Californian?: In the aftermath of deadly fires, beloved trees may be too dangerous to preserve.
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How do scientists make fake meat that “bleeds”?: Why the Impossible Burger is working so hard to be carnivore friendly.
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Is this crime-fighting technique invading your privacy?: ShotSpotter straddles the fine line technology walks between public good and privacy bad.
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My Dad Hasn't Had Anything to Eat or Drink in 2 years: How a seemingly horrible medical situation can lead to a new lease on life.
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Teaching medicine with fake cadavers that bleed, blink and breathe: Synthetic Cadavers and 3D Printed Kidneys could signal the future of medicine.
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Oakland Bio-Hackers Try to Make their Own Insulin: A ragtag group of non-scientists is trying to break up the big pharma monopoly on insulin.
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Legendary Squatter Takes Possession of His Home: Can the narrow legal strategy of squatting to take posession of a home help stem gentrification?
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Decoding those fast words at the end of drug ads: How voiceover artists soften up such dire side effects.
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Tech giants fear a shortage of highly skilled foreign workers: President Trump’s unpredictability has the tech world on edge.
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