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Scientists and environmentalists agree on the need to protect tropical rainforests, but they couldn’t disagree more about California’s plan for saving them.
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Rats can learn to play hide and seek with humans, and they do it really well. Their success has scientists reconsidering the neurobiology of playful behavior.
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President Trump’s falsehoods about whether Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama have raised deeper questions about how he’s politicized government institutions.
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A La Jolla clinic pitching $15,000 stem cell treatments files for bankruptcy, facing a lawsuit from former patients.
A nationwide survey finds widespread agreement among gun owners, non-gun owners, and across political parties for many gun violence prevention policies.
Five scientists have won prestigious medical awards for creating an innovative breast cancer treatment and discovering key players of the disease-fighting immune system.
President Trump’s trashing of NOAA’s reputation is part of his pattern of trashing scientific knowledge.
Speaking at the Breakthroughs in Medicine conference, Dr. Janet Woodcock of the FDA explains why the drug pipeline isn’t doing all it could for patients.
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An analysis of suicide rates throughout the U.S. found that counties with more gun shops saw a steeper increase in suicides between 1999 and 2016.
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The sooner firefighters arrived at the World Trade Center site after the 9/11 attacks, and the longer they stayed, the greater their risk of heart problems.
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A Q&A With Dr. Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.
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About 1 in 1,000 black men and boys in America can expect to die at the hands of police. That risk is 2.5 times higher than for white men, new research shows.
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Speaking at the Breakthroughs in Medicine conference, Dr. Janet Woodcock of the FDA explains why the drug pipeline isn’t doing all it could for patients.
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The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new medication for premenopausal women whose flagging libidos are a source of personal distress or relationship difficulties.
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Researchers have finally answered one of the most compelling questions in the field of medicine: What is a normal size for a penis?
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Agriculture arose in many parts of the Fertile Crescent at once
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Newsom plans to veto bill that would have imposed strict endangered species protections
The legislative clock runs out on two California bills seeking to phase out single-use plastic containers and ease the state’s recycling crisis.
Here are the fires larger than 500 acres burning in California, based on data collected by Cal Fire and InciWeb.
The Interior Department has released its final plans to allow a pristine Alaska wildlife refuge to be leased for oil drilling.
Actress turned wellness guru Rainbeau Mars traded her lawn in Venice for an edible landscape of herbs, fruit trees, vegetables and, yup, even nutritious “weeds” like dandelions and stinging nettles.
The Trump administration plans to revoke an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams.
The Eland solar contract had been delayed due to concerns raised by the city electrical workers union.
What’s happening on So Cal’s gardening scene? A seedling exchange, Designer Plant Fair and sales of succulents and orchids
Gov. Gavin Newsom has until Oct. 13 to decide whether to sign AB 1680, which requires that the public be allowed to enter Hollister Ranch by land and access some of its 8.5 miles of shoreline by April 2022.
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A spate of large-scale clinical trials has scientists hopeful about a vaccine to prevent HIV.
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U.S. and Canadian patients were more likely than Swedes to fill prescriptions for opioids after a surgery. They also received higher doses of the painkillers.
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Dr. Bob Sears caters to parents who delay — or refuse — vaccines for their children. His views have made him one of California’s most controversial doctors, loved by some and criticized by others.
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The connection between vaping and lung disease was spotted in a 31-year-old patient in 2015. In this Q&A, Dr. John E. Parker describes what happened.
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New recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force explain which women should -- and shouldn’t -- have their risk assessed for BRCA mutations.
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Reports that Ebola has been “cured” are greatly exaggerated. Here’s what new drugs can do for those sickened in the latest outbreak -- and what they can’t.
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A scientist who collected DNA from Scotland’s Loch Ness suggests the lake’s fabled monster might be a giant eel.
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Since June scientists have been monitoring a troubling mass of warm water off the Pacific Coast.
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Physiologically, people are more triggered by negative news than positive news. Scientists see it in skin conductance levels and heart rate variability.
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A crusading conservator is racing to solve an art-world mystery: how to reverse-engineer a formula for a Day-Glo yellow and save an important work by Frank Stella
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Researchers say an earthquake fault along the L.A. coast long believed dormant is in fact active and could generate a devastating quake.
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Archaeological finds from Cooper’s Ferry in Idaho indicate that humans occupied the region nearly 16,500 years ago. They may have come from Japan.
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A list of UCLA and UC Berkeley buildings that are seismically unsafe during a major earthquake.
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A strong earthquake would pose a serious to severe risk to life in 86 buildings at UCLA and UC Berkeley.
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There is no single “gay gene,” a new study found. Instead, sexual orientation is like most other human traits, influenced by a complex mix of genetics and environment.
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A new report lays out a blueprint to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030. Doing so could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1.5 gigatons per year.
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Scientists found a 3.8-million-year-old cranium that belonged to an ancestor of the “Lucy” species. The fossil is complete enough to see its ancient face.
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