CADIZ, Calif. – Three decades ago a group of businessmen pored over NASA satellite imagery as part of a worldwide hunt for large... California bullet train chief seeks environmental exemptionsBy Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles TimesThe chief of the state bullet train authority said Tuesday that he hopes to obtain some type of... A new frontier for space travelBy W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles TimesFor the last half-century, space flight has been the domain of the world's superpowers. Penguin love in Long BeachBy Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles TimesThe signs of penguins in love were unmistakable at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on... |
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In August, NASA's Mars Science Laboratory will reach the Red Planet and begin its search for habitats that could have supported life. The...
Thanks to a new method of modeling earthquakes, scientists may now understand why the Parkfield segment of the San Andreas fault — a...
Despite strong opposition from environmentalists, the state Assembly on Thursday approved controversial legislation that allows a solar...
NASA'sfirst hard look at the protoplanet Vesta has given scientists an unprecedented view of its makeup, terrain and history — and...
In the remote northeastern corner of Guatemala, archaeologists have found what appears to be the 9th century workplace of a city scribe,...
WASHINGTON — An experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis has caused death, strokes, nerve damage and abdominal bleeding and has...
WASHINGTON — The number of U.S. satellites watching Earth is expected to plummet by 2020, and weather forecasting, including hurricane...
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The first drug shown to prevent HIV infection won the endorsement of an FDA advisory panel Thursday, clearing the...
A truce has been forged in the decades-long fight over the forested land surrounding the world-famous Pebble Beach resort.
WASHINGTON — After more than 12 years and at least $100 billion in construction costs, NASA leaders say the International Space...
SACRAMENTO — Lawmakers are considering a new proposal to save dozens of state parks from the budget ax, rather than follow through...
WASHINGTON — A pill that has long been used to treat HIV has moved a step closer to becoming the first drug approved in the U.S. to...
The ranks of obese Americans are expected to swell even further in the coming years, rising from 36% of the adult population today to 42% by...
Dinosaurs' gassy guts may have contributed to global warming tens of millions of years ago, according to a new study that finds a group of...