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May 8, 2024

Fire Fears: Is Marin Next?

The 2023 Lahaina, Maui wildfires wrought havoc, claiming over 100 lives, decimating thousands of homes and ravaging vast swathes of land, resulting in a staggering $6 billion in damages. More than 14,000 individuals evacuated the island, grappling with homelessness or temporary displacement, shuttling between hotels in a repetitive cycle. In...
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Apr 10, 2024

Artificial Inventors: When there’s an AI assist, who gets the patent?

The ability of artificial intelligence models to generate text and images that look like the work of human beings...
Apr 3, 2024

National Libary Week Coming Up

Come celebrate National Library Week at Sonoma County Library from April 7-13. The theme this year is “Ready, Set,...
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Mar 26, 2024

‘Starchitect’ Killed by AI

Making buildings smarter, more sustainable In the next 30 years, sea levels will rise as much as they have in...
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Mar 19, 2024

Small (or No) Rewards

A reflection on a moment As I descend (slip, roll, dive, tumble, freefall) into my mid-70s, I am learning to...
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Mar 13, 2024

Rent Bent: Housing prices are spiraling

How we gonna pay last year’s rent? the chorus implores in the song “Rent” from Jonathan Larson’s 1996 musical...
Mar 5, 2024

Superbugs: The next health crisis is here

Bacteria and fungi are increasingly evolving into “superbugs” immune to existing treatments. According to the World Health Organization, this...
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Feb 27, 2024

Sticky Wiki

Reprieve for Julian Assange Julian Assange, who founded Wikileaks in 2006, faces 175 years in a U.S. prison if extradited...
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