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Angela Hayes shares the journeys fish take in Palo Alto: Salmon and trout are leaping amongst the millionaire’s houses. And Rob Franklin brings us the story of a local census that gauges where people go when they live on the streets.
Attendees of Saturday’s TEDxStanford event donned their global change goggles, considered calamari, and settled into a solar home during talks that took fresh approaches to environmental issues.
Two summers ago, algae overwhelmed Lake Erie with a toxic scum that suffocated fish and fouled shorelines. A new study finds that, without action, the lake can expect more of the same.
A population boom in the 1970s helped make the Bering Sea’s walleye pollock the most valuable fishery in the United States. Scientists are still debating what caused the unexpected surge.
Solar Impulse, an ultralight plane powered completely by the sun, will kick-off its coast-to-coast flight across the U.S. from Moffett Airfield in Mountain View on May 1.
The San Mateo Resource Conservation District is spearheading a project that will remove a concrete barrier from the San Francisquito Creek, making it easier for fish to swim through.
Take 50 Stanford University engineering students, give them $250,000 and two years, and what do you get? An affordable net-zero energy house for the 2013 Solar Decathlon.
Stanford’s fifth annual Cool Product Expo showcased a robotic machine that automatically mixes drink, a skateboard that simulates snowboarding on pavement, a collapsible kayak that folds into a tote bag and much more.
Assisted living centers in Palo Alto are offering USB flashdrives to seniors so they can carry basic medical history on their key chains in case of a medical emergency. The program is popular but raises some privacy concerns.