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  1. Bill requiring donor's consent to analyze genetic information diesRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | Contra Costa Times

    A bill that would have required a donor's consent to collect, analyze or share genetic information died in committee Friday.

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  2. Stanford University students study own DNARead the original story

    Yesterday | Contra Costa Times

    Most students read about genetics in a textbook. Stanford University students are reading something far more intimate: their own DNA code.

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  3. Frogs imported to California likely transmitted deadly fungal diseaseRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday May 15 | Contra Costa Times

    Bay Area scientists believe they have discovered the Typhoid Mary of the frog world: a flat, feral creature that carried a deadly fungus from Africa to California's ponds and puddles through global trading.

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  4. Future Tesla Model S features: "sleep" mode and a "sensor suite" of safety features for the driverRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Contra Costa Times

    One of the flashiest features of Tesla Motors ' all-electric Model S sedan is the 17-inch touch-screen nestled into the center of the dashboard.

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  5. Killer frogs in S.F.Read the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Contra Costa Times

    They don't kill humans but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is decimating the amphibian population around the world, a study from Stanford University School of Medicine reports.

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  6. San Francisco: Research finds killer frogs in Golden Gate ParkRead the original story

    Tuesday May 14 | Contra Costa Times

    They don't kill humans but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is decimating the amphibian population around the world, a study from Stanford University School of Medicine reports.

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  7. It was a cogito ergo sum kind of day at youth math festivalRead the original story

    Saturday May 11 | Contra Costa Times

    If any of the 246 registered contestants at Saturday's Julia Robinson Mathematics Festival had bothered to Google "famous mathematicians," they would have quickly put two and two together and concluded that higher math is a man's sport.

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  8. Latest cleantech funding woes spark fears of industry slideRead the original story

    Saturday May 11 | Contra Costa Times

    With fossil fuels growing scarce and global warming concerns on the rise, you might think investing in wind power, solar and biofuels would be a no-brainer for Silicon Valley.

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  9. San Jose State to play for WAC softball championshipRead the original story

    Friday May 10 | Contra Costa Times

    Freshman Jessie Hufstetler hit a three-run home run in the first inning, sparking top-seeded San Jose State to a 3-1 victory over second-seeded New Mexico State in the WAC softball tournament Friday in Ruston, La.

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  10. Snag an asteroid: Scientists want to corral giant space rock for studyRead the original story

    Thursday May 9 | Contra Costa Times

    Scheming to rearrange the heavens, scientists are busy planning how to pluck, push and park a spinning asteroid between here and the moon.

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  11. Widespread gun ownership doesn't lower crime rate, Stanford professor saysRead the original story

    Thursday May 9 | Contra Costa Times

    Widespread gun ownership in the United States does not lower the level of crime, a Stanford University law professor insisted.

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  12. Smartphones put a translator in your pocketRead the original story

    Tuesday May 7 | Contra Costa Times

    The days of madly flipping through bilingual phrase books while trying to converse with somebody in another language is fast giving way to a technological alternative developed in the Bay Area and elsewhere.

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  13. Smartphones put a translator in your pocketRead the original story

    Friday May 3 | Contra Costa Times

    The days of madly flipping through bilingual phrase books while trying to converse with somebody in another language is fast giving way to a technological alternative developed in the Bay Area and elsewhere.

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  14. Space in reach for Average Joes at Silicon Valley adult space campRead the original story

    Saturday May 4 | Contra Costa Times

    Inspired by explorers from Magellan to Neil Armstrong, attendees of Silicon Valley's first adult space camp are teaming up to navigate the next frontier: citizens in space.

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  15. Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoringRead the original story

    Monday Apr 29 | Inside Bay Area

    When it comes to math, MRIs may be better than IQs -- and even past math scores -- at showing whether a tutor can help a child master everything from trapezoids to trigonometry.

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  16. Stanford study says MRI scans can predict outcome of math tutoringRead the original story

    Monday Apr 29 | Contra Costa Times

    When it comes to math, MRIs may be better than IQs -- and even past scores -- at showing whether a tutor can help a child master everything from trapezoids to trigonometry.

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  17. Piedmont briefs: Camron-Stanford House to open new gardenRead the original story

    Thursday Apr 25 | Contra Costa Times

    Piedmont Center for the Arts is holding judging for Piedmont-originated wines from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at 801 Magnolia Ave.

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  18. DA was right to charge shooting suspect as adultRead the original story

    Apr 23, 2013 | Inside Bay Area

    He had graduated from college, the fire academy and a paramedic program, he was an exemplary paramedic in Santa Clara County and he had recently been accepted into the physician assistant program at Stanford.

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  19. Review: Laurie Anderson and Kronos make 'Landfall'Read the original story

    Apr 21, 2013 | Contra Costa Times

    "Landfall," the new collaboration between Laurie Anderson and the Kronos Quartet, is 70 minutes of sensuous futurism: music amid dreamtime musings, an intergalactic lamentation.

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  20. San Mateo: Draper University welcomes first class of entrepreneurial 'superheroes'Read the original story

    Apr 17, 2013 | Contra Costa Times

    Collete Davis stood up from her beanbag chair and introduced herself to her classmates.

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