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Wine made from mist in San Francisco
Droplets of water are drawn from the dense fog of the city sky, mixed with alcohol, distilled to create a special brand-name drink of San Francisco.
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Articles about San Francisco
12 published items.
Environment
Silicon technology valley is at risk of being below sea level by 2100
The study's findings are published in the recent Science Advances magazine, a large area of the San Francisco Bay area is slowly sinking while sea levels are increasin…
Environment
The strongest earthquake in 25 years in San Francisco
About 3 hours 30 am August 24, local time (about 17:30 on August 24, Vietnam time), a magnitude 6 earthquake happened in the San Francisco Bay Area, north of California…
Environment
San Francisco fears big earthquakes
About 30 aftershocks in the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California, many people panicked over the past two days after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake on October 31…
Environment
San Francisco prohibits plastic bags
On March 27, the San Francisco City Council passed a bill to make the city the first US city to ban the use of plastic bags to pack and wrap goods in large supermarkets,…
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101 interesting things about the earth (Term 3)
The San Francisco earthquake tops. It caused 700 deaths compared to 114 of the Anchorage earthquake. Property losses in San Francisco are also larger, because fires have…
Videos
Video: Admire San Francisco via impressive Time-Lapse video
Simon Christen - a photographer in Oakland, California, USA - is the owner of these impressive videos. He spent a lot of time being able to record images and combine the…
Scientific works
January 5: The Golden Gate Bridge is built across San Francisco Bay
When completed in 1937, The Golden Gate Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world and has become an international symbol of San Francisco, California.
Computer science
Recreate the San Francisco earthquake by computer
On April 18, 1906, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake flattened the city of San Francisco. More than 3,000 people were killed by earthquakes and fires.
Computer science
San Francisco chose Google
Google-Earthlink Alliance won a bid in a free Wi-Fi coverage project for the entire city of San Francisco, USA. The selection of the winning bidder is the first step, be…
New technology
San Francisco has a solution to help prevent ulcers
Public toilets are a very unhygienic job.
New technology
Flying from Los Angeles to San Francisco uses tallow fuel
An American airline has decided to use tallow fuel for a 600-kilometer flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco, California.