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         <title><![CDATA[NASA Ames' SpaceShop in Mountain View creating DIY fixes for astronauts of the future]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The NASA Ames' lab is a tinkerer's paradise, where experienced engineers, students, and even summer interns are welcome to make their design dreams come true. And on Friday, NASA Director Charles Bolden and Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, got a glimpse of NASA's future.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jessica Shugart jshugart@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 23:09:26 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Help Lick Observatory celebrate 125 years]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lick Observatory is celebrating its 125th anniversary, and here's what you need to know if you want to visit the observatory perched atop Mount Hamilton.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Elizabeth Devitt  edevitt@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:01 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lick Observatory celebrates 125 years of innovation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Built in the Victorian era with a $700,000 bequest from eccentric California entrepreneur James Lick, the Lick Observatory perched on Mount Hamilton is still the proving ground for the latest technology to explore the night sky.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Elizabeth Devitt  edevitt@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 13:46:10 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[5.7 Northern California quake followed by dozens of aftershocks]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_23315613/5-7-northern-california-quake-followed-by-at?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[GREENVILLE, Calif. -- A moderate earthquake centered in rural northeastern California and felt in two other states damaged some homes and ruptured a tank that supplies residential drinking water in the densely forested region, officials said Friday.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 13:02:21 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Stanford University students study own DNA]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Stanford University personalized genomics course contributes to the growing movement to advance a new era in modern medicine, where genetic information allows us to not only look into our medical futures but take action, similar to actress Angelina Jolie, who underwent a double mastectomy to prevent hereditary breast cancer.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Lisa M. Krieger lkrieger@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 24 May 2013 06:37:05 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[California bill would prevent genetic-testing firms from using surreptitiously obtained DNA]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Senate Bill 222, which faces a key hearing Thursday, would require a donor's consent to collect, analyze or share genetic information.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Jessica Shugart jshugart@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 May 2013 06:56:09 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley startup offers wireless controller that can monitor, disable guns remotely]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_23294854/silicon-valley-startup-offers-wireless-controller-that-can?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[A high-tech Capitola startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved -- and disable it remotely. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Martha Mendoza  Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 19:22:25 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley startup offers wireless controller that can monitor, disable guns remotely]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_23290434/high-tech-guns-users-could-disable-remotely?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[A high-tech Capitola startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved -- and disable it remotely. ]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Martha Mendoza  Associated Press</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:35 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Livermore scientist a regular on Discovery Channel]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dr. Gulbranson, a child prodigy all grown-up, now a judge on "The Big Brain Theory" show.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Pat Craig Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:32 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Livermore scientist a regular on Discovery Channel]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dr. Gulbranson, a child prodigy all grown-up, now a judge on "The Big Brain Theory" show.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Pat Craig Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 16 May 2013 15:27:24 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Frogs imported to California likely transmitted deadly fungal disease]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Scientists at Stanford and San Francisco State believe they have discovered Typhoid Mary of the frog world: a flat, feral creature thought to have transmitted a deadly fungus from Africa to California's ponds and puddles through global trading. The African clawed frog, once used in medicine and research, likely introduced a fungal disease called chytridiomycosis, which kills off native frogs in catastrophic numbers. The invasive bullfrog may also be a contributor to the plague.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Lisa M. Krieger lkrieger@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 21:52:01 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Livermore scientist a regular on Discovery Channel]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/tri-valley-times/ci_23253744/livermore-scientist-regular-discovery-channel?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Dr. Gulbranson, a child prodigy all grown-up, now a judge on "The Big Brain Theory" show.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>By Pat Craig Correspondent</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 21:05:41 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Swine flu turns up in elephant seals off Central Coast]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[When it comes to swine flu, elephant seals can now be included in the list of carriers. According to a new UC Davis study, the marine mammals distinctive for their honking noses contracted the H1N1 virus back in 2010, just as the pandemic caused by the virus was winding down in humans.
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         <dc:creator>By Jessica Shugart and Elizabeth Devitt Staff writers</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 20:19:11 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy comforts other women who make same dramatic choice]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.contracostatimes.com/breaking-news/ci_23244198/angelina-jolies-double-mastectomy-comforts-other-women-who?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[The stunning beauty and partner to Brad Pitt revealed in a New York Times Op-Ed that she decided to have both breasts removed after watching her own mother, actress Marcheline Bertrand, die at 52 from breast cancer.  Across America, women who face high risk of breast cancer said actress Angelina Jolie's decision to have a double mastectomy has transformed one of the toughest parts of taking such a dramatic step: Isolation.
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         <dc:creator>By Lisa M. Krieger lkrieger@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:33 PDT]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[River otters are making a comeback in the Bay Area]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[While most people are familiar with their famed seafaring cousins, river otters in the Bay Area are seldom noticed or talked about. The sleek water weasels -- about a quarter the size of sea otters -- had long been nonexistent on Bay Area wildlife maps. But now they're back.
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         <dc:creator>Jessica Shugart jshugart@mercurynews.com</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 13 May 2013 14:48:54 PDT]]></pubDate>
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