In deep, cold space, nearly a million miles from Earth, a giant telescope later this decade will scan for the first light to streak across... Fracking debate divides New York landownersBy Neela Banerjee, Washington BureauPete and Jack Diehl grew up in the tall clapboard house their German immigrant ancestors built in... Restoring a sanctuary in Griffith ParkBy Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles city dwellers once enjoyed a sanctuary of gnarled oaks, serene pools and exotic ferns on... A push to train more primary-care doctorsBy Anna Gorman, Los Angeles TimesFirst-year medical student Hannah Segal sees the same patients and finds herself managing the same... |
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— Veterans ofNASA'sProject Mercury reunited Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of John Glenn's orbital flight, visiting the...
"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his...
The National Security Council is moving to exert greater federal control over scientific studies of highly lethal diseases and toxins in the...
For Sale: 3,400 acres in the desert.
Lean financial times are prompting belt-tightening far and wide — and now that extends to Mars and the rest of the solar system.
A minority investor in the failed Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico has agreed to pay $90 million in civil penalties and other...
Plastic is anathema to many among the eco-conscious — but what if manufacturers could stop making so much of it from oil and start...
It can be swallowed, injected, inhaled or delivered to the bloodstream through a time-release implant. Now scientists say they have...
The fastest-growing county in California rejected a massive, mountaintop rock quarry Thursday that supporters called an essential source...
Two more golden eagles have been found dead at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power wind farm in the Tehachapi Mountains, for a...
The beads were flying all around them, some pooling in the street, some caught by revelers and cherished for a moment — most of them...
Health testing at beaches in California and across the nation is at risk of being cut under a plan to eliminate federal funds for monitoring...
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited a health clinic in downtown Los Angeles on Monday and announced more than $9...
A war over trash is about to break out at Los Angeles City Hall. And the ensuing lobbying is expected to be long and costly, with the...
The tech broke the bud of marijuana into small flakes, measuring 200 milligrams into a vial. He had picked up the strain, Ghost, earlier...