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Cocoa, Cultured: Inside the California Startup Growing Cacao from Cells 

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On the boundary of a West Sacramento industrial strip and some of the most fertile farmland in America, twenty glass flasks sit in rows inside a steel incubator, each plugged with an orange stopper and swirling with a cloudy liquid labeled with blue tape. There are no trees, no humid heat, and no soil, yet something tropical is growing. That […]

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As Hantavirus Spreads, Climate and Health Research Faces a Funding Crisis 

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In most years, Talya Shragai can devote a few concentrated weeks to securing federal funding that supports a full year of research for Stanford’s Disease Ecology in a Changing World (DECO) program. But as recent federal decisions have snatched funding away from climate and health research, she has spent this year as DECO’s Research and Program Manager chasing nearly a dozen

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Unexpected Draft Day, unwavering faith: Collin Wright lands where he belongs

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On the morning of April 25, Collin Wright opened his eyes in his childhood bedroom in Houston, a day he had been waiting for since he first picked up a football, 17 years ago. Before he’d even come downstairs, the house had already told the story. Life-size photos of Wright in his Stanford uniform lined

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Bay Area Derby: The DIY Sport Made Real by the People Who Show Up

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For the playoffs, Jordan Jurich-Weston stocked her fanny pack with a pocket-sized toolbox and a bottle of Ibuprofen. When not competing on the roller derby track as Eris Jordan, she’s the maestro behind the Bay Area Derby league’s live broadcasting channel. Her production crew can be spotted by their black shirts on which she screen

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Wrestling with greatness: How a UFC legend continues his legacy at a Northern California high school

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About 90 minutes south of San Francisco sits the Garlic Capital of America. A city of 61,000, Gilroy hosts a yearly Garlic Festival, is home to the world’s longest garlic braid, and remains one of the only places in the country where visitors can purchase garlic-flavored ice cream (available in both chocolate and vanilla variations).

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In Rural Humboldt County, a Wool Mill Revives a Lost Fiber Economy

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FERNBRIDGE, Calif. – Last October, Cate Edwards received a text message from a blocked number. “You need to contact this number,” the message read. “He can help. We need the mill here. It’s his personal phone. I can’t tell you who I am.” Cate and her husband Shawn had recently moved from Kentucky to open

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“All In”: A young woman’s journey to sportswriting at The Wall Street Journal

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Update July 6, 2026: Since the publication of this story, Laine Higgins has left the Wall Street Journal to pursue an MFA in creative writing with a nonfiction concentration at Columbia University. Whenever Wall Street Journal sportswriter Laine Higgins enters the press box at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, the attendants check credentials before letting sports

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It’s more than a running club. For these LGBTQ+ runners, it’s a place to be yourself

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PALO ALTO — On a cloudy Saturday morning at Baylands Nature Preserve, all is quiet save for birdsongs and a couple early-risers trotting on a crushed gravel trail. At about 8:50 a.m., a few cars roll into the parking lot. Then more. Now, about 70 locals dressed in running clothes — most older, some middle-aged,

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From the Pitcher’s Mound to the Climate Front Lines: SF Climate Week Opens at Oracle Park 

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On a clear April evening at Oracle Park, the crack of a bat was replaced by the hum of conversation about…not baseball, but carbon. San Francisco Climate Week 2026 kicked off not in a conference room but in one of the city’s most beloved gathering places, home to the MLB Giants, and the choice was anything

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She qualified for two Olympic games. Now, Maria Papworth works in a neuroscience lab at Stanford.

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Maria Papworth began diving at eight years old in Croydon, England. At 14, she entered the world stage in the three-meter springboard representing Great Britain – a diving powerhouse that produced international legends like Tom Daley and Matty Lee. She pushed her body for years, enduring injury and pain, and found her Olympic dreams within

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