The Fitness of Physical Models
How a 1950s-era, 1.5-acre mock-up of the hydrology of the Bay Area might still be able to complement real science in the age of computer modeling.
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U.S. Crackdown Highlights Mixed-Up World of Medical Marijuana
A federal effort to shut down state-legalized marijuana dispensaries in California is the latest example of the topsy-turvy habitat that growers, users and cops live in with medical marijuana.
California’s High-Speed Rail Won’t Go Nowhere
German high-speed trains started in the provinces, too, but now have a fast, efficient and popular system crisscrossing the nation.
California Rejects Ban on Plastic Bags
Lawmakers struck down a bill that would have made California the first state in the union to ban plastic shopping bags.
Time’s Up for Term Limits
A law professor who studies California’s legal history argues that the Golden State’s experiment in term limits — which he originally supported — has failed.
For California, Yet Another Year of Decision
The Golden State's political crisis has reawakened its reformist instinct.
Can California Redistricting Reform Change Congress?
An extraordinary, nonpartisan experiment in redistricting on the left coast.
I See a Quake in Your Future. Sometime.
A lucid look at decades of failed attempts to reach seismology's Holy Grail: the precise prediction of when earthquakes will occur.
Reducing the ‘Car’ Part of Carbon
Regulators in car-mad California have made a statement about reducing carbon in the atmosphere, and while its specifics have their critics, expect the rest of the nation to grudgingly follow along.
Walking the Gantlet Keeps Us Plump
UPDATED: A policy brief finds increased obesity among the poor is likely tied to structural obstacles in better eating and exercising.