KQED Science

A new Stanford University study finds that annual prescribed burning could substantially reduce smoke pollution during California’s worst wildfire years.

Friendship apps and curated dinners are helping people connect in a lonely moment. But they can only open the door. The effort and the follow-up are still on us.

A new study found that a warm Bay Area winter may have pushed honey bees to swarm weeks earlier than usual.

State leaders negotiated an agreement with Valero this year to use its idled Benicia facility to store and transport imported fuel, which brings little economic activity while freezing redevelopment plans.

In parts of the Bay Area and Central Coast, some practitioners are increasing home visits, and even meeting clients in their cars, to ease fears of a run-in with ICE.

The statewide expansion of a voluntary speed reduction program aims to prevent dangerous ship strikes — and also cut the amount of marine shipping pollution that drifts ashore.

California now requires folic acid in corn masa flour — a staple in many Latino households — in an effort to close a long-standing public health gap.

KQED takes on the seminal work in the context of the MAHA movement, PFAS, climate change and more during a discussion at the Night of Ideas on April 11.

Alameda’s Almanac Beer Co. is believed to be the first brewery to carbonate its beverages with carbon dioxide caught directly from the outside air.

Alameda, a low-lying Bay Area island city, is confronting sea level rise, groundwater flooding and storm surge as officials weigh costly adaptation strategies.

New research reveals why the endangered birds remain at risk years after California banned lead ammunition. Exclusive to KQED.

Seven elephant seals at Año Nuevo State Park tested positive for bird flu. About 30 seals have died in what officials call a small, early-stage outbreak. Public tours are canceled.

A deadly avalanche near Lake Tahoe is prompting new questions about how shifting winter weather may be reshaping avalanche danger in the Sierra Nevada.