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8 hrs ago | Business Journal

QB3, partnership to open new, large life sciences incubator

QB3 associate director Douglas Crawford, in the under-construction QB3@953: Helping life sciences startups through the 'valley of death.' A unique real estate partnership including the University of California's QB3 institute will expand San Francisco's amount of biotech incubator space by 50 percent, providing enough room for 20 to 30 young ... (more)

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Related Topix: Berkeley, CA, UC Berkeley

Wed May 22, 2013

Wall Street Journal

Buying a Computer Won't Raise Your Kids' Grades

A home computer isn't going to improve a child's performance at school - but it also isn't likely to hurt it.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Family, Kids, Santa Cruz, CA, Education Etc.

BrothersJudd Blog

a Male Party and a Female Party:

Study Finds Correlation Between Fiscal Conservatism And Big Biceps : Does physical strength lead to conservative beliefs? Conducted by researchers at Denmark's Aarhus University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, the study surveyed subjects by upper-body strength, socioeconomic status, and then compared those with the subject's response ... (more)

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA

Bohemian.com

Design for Eatin'

After gutting the interior, exposing the original brick and beams, and installing a new kitchen, Hall agreed to help find a new owner for the space.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Marijuana

The Rio Times

Top Tech in Rio for WWW2013 Conference

Computer scientists, academics, and other technology professionals flocked to Rio last week for the 19th annual WWW2013 conference at the Windsor Barra Conference Center in Barra da Tijuca.

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Related Topix: Science, Computer Science, World News, Brazil, Santa Cruz, CA, Inventions, Science / Technology,

Tue May 21, 2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel

A taste of college: Middle school students participate in UCSC workshops

Software engineer, lawyer and professional golfer were a few of the professions that seventh-grade students offered up Tuesday while visiting UC Santa Cruz.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Santa Cruz, CA

BioSpace

Wealthy Economic Liberals Actually are Wimps, University of...

Staying up-to-date has never been simpler. Sign up for the free GenePool newsletter today! A new study in the journal Psychological Science took a look at the relationship between physical strength and political beliefs.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Food, What? hosts sixth Strawberry Blast at UCSC farm Monday

While eating quesadillas stuffed with vegetables and mixing smoothies with bike-powered blenders may seem satisfying enough, a healthy lunch was only the beginning for teens at the UC Santa Cruz farm on Monday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Agriculture, Science

Mon May 20, 2013

Gamasutra

Video: GDC's weird and wild Experimental Gameplay Workshop

Over 20 demos of some of the most innovative game designs were on display during the 11th annual Experimental Gameplay Workshop, as shown in this free GDC 2013 video.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel

More than 50 paint Scotts Valley mural on Saturday

In an homage to the original Kings Market, more than 50 people scaled scaffolds and wielded paintbrushes on Saturday to paint a mural at the Kings Village Shopping Center.

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Related Topix: Scotts Valley, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Aptos, CA

Santa Cruz Sentinel

3-D printing all the rage at Student-to-Student Conference at UC Santa Cruz

Students and parents from four different counties crowded in the lobby of UC Santa Cruz's Cowell College Saturday afternoon to watch middle school kids from Discovery Charter School demonstrate 3-D printing.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, Family, Kids, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Aptos, CA

Sat May 18, 2013

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Erin Linney: Santa Cruz needs an energy code

Throughout my four years in Santa Cruz, I have rented four different houses. All have been old, inefficient, and owned by absentee landlords.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, Alternative, Santa Cruz, CA, Opinion

Fri May 17, 2013

Sacramento Bee Newspaper

The Buzz: Lawmakers don't make the grade with UC students

Not a single member of the California Legislature earned an A from the tough graders at the University of California Student Association, who released their first-ever legislative report card at Wednesday's regents meeting.

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Related Topix: UC Irvine, Santa Cruz, CA

Thu May 16, 2013

LA Weekly

Rita Gonzalez: LACMA Curator and Defender of Subtlety

Five months after a 340-ton rock officially became part of Michael Heizer's massive Levitated Mass sculpture on the grounds of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, curator Rita Gonzalez installed the much smaller Lost Line sculpture on the third floor of the museum's Broad Contemporary building.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting, UC San Diego

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Coast Lines, May 16, 2013: Former mayor to address meeting

Former Santa Cruz Mayor Jane Weed-Pomerantz will share her experiences serving as a delegate to the 57th United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women at the May 21 meeting of the Women's International League of Peace and Freedom.

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Related Topix: Freedom, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Santa Cruz County, CA, Rescue, CA

Wed May 15, 2013

The Great Plotnik

Horns

Brother Jimmy Street drove up from SoCal to see his daughter Rebecca at UC Santa Cruz, so he just kept on coming afterwards and stayed a few days with Plot and Duck.

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National Geographic

African Frog Spreads Death

Apocalyptic, catastrophic, devastating: All words used to describe chytrid fungus infections that are wiping out amphibians around the world, including hundreds of frog and salamander species.

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA, Tradewest, National Geographic, Video Games

Tue May 14, 2013

Stanford

Alba Holgado, 'a rare workplace treasure,' wins Amy J. Blue Award

Alba Holgado, lauded for seeing the humor and positive side of work, even when the days are hectic and situations are challenging, has been awarded a 2013 Amy J. Blue award.

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Related Topix: Stanford, CA, Santa Cruz, CA, Palo Alto, CA

Macworld UK

Researchers develop an app to help the blind take better photos

A team of researchers led by PhD student Dustin Adams at the University of California, Santa Cruz have created camera app that might help the blind take photos .

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Related Topix: Santa Cruz, CA

Mon May 13, 2013

Patch.com

Benicia Native Brings Creative Teaching Method to Indonesia

A Peace Corps volunteer and Benicia native is teaching his Indonesian students how to speak English with the help of postcards.

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Related Topix: Benicia, CA, Santa Cruz, CA