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Trump shocked the world when he said he was serious about wanting to buy Greenland. Just how much is it worth, and how does climate change fit in?
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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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These soft robots can change shape on their own as the environment around them changes. They fold up like origami, thanks to their 3D-printed hinges.
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The number of breathing illnesses reported among people who vape is growing. Health officials are now looking into more than 150 possible cases in 16 states.
Earthquake early-warning systems will be installed or strengthened in Lake Tahoe, Death Valley and Mammoth.
New techniques to detect small earthquakes have deepened scientists’ understanding of what causes bigger quakes.
Summer is hitting Greenland with record heat and extreme melt. By season’s end, about 440 billion tons of ice will have melted or calved off its ice sheet.
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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Would doctors pay attention to opioid-prescribing guidelines that are surgery-specific, and would smaller amounts be sufficient to control patients’ pain?
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The FDA approved a new tuberculosis drug that improves treatment for the hardest-to-treat cases. Drug-resistant TB is a growing problem in many poor countries.
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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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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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The rate at which young Americans took their own lives reached a high-water mark in 2017, driven by a sharp rise in suicides among older teenage boys, according to new research.
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All of the Ashkenazi Jews alive today can trace their roots to a group of about 330 people who lived 600 to 800 years ago.
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In the swirling heart of a distant galaxy, 55 million light-years from Earth, lies a supermassive black hole with a mass 6.5 billion times greater than that of our sun.
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The burro carcasses with gunshot wounds have been found along Interstate 15 near the California-Nevada state line.
At 86, Julie Newmar, the curvy dancer/actress who made Catwoman an icon, has a simple plan for overcoming life’s challenges: “Take everything you have and make it better.”
Bernie Sanders announced a $16-trillion plan to face climate change during a California visit. Here’s a look at Green New Deal proposals out there.
The Amnesty International comment came after President Jair Bolsonaro suggested without evidence that some nongovernmental groups may be setting fires over loss of funds.
California fishermen are reporting one of the best salmon seasons in years after heavy rain and snow ended the state’s historic drought.
Tropical cyclones in the Pacific basin rarely range north to California. In 1939 there were four in one month.
As developers lobby the Trump administration for endangered species relief, California is moving to backstop wildlife threatened by federal rollbacks, including the San Bernardino kangaroo rat.
Rising demand from unwitting consumers, local greed amid a failing economy, weak controls and corrupt law enforcement are driving the Danube’s last wild sturgeons to the brink of extinction.
What’s happening on So Cal’s gardening scene? A big begonia show, a succulents symposium and lessons about invasive plants, mini roses and exotic cacti
Medicine
Even if there were enough vaccines to go around, the region’s violent conflict has made it virtually impossible for health workers to deliver the shots to every relative and neighbor of each Ebola victim.
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Breast implant maker Allergan Inc. issued a worldwide recall Wednesday for textured models because of a link to a rare form of cancer.
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Researchers found significant differences in various measures of the brains of people who were victims of the “sonic attack” at U.S. embassy in Havana.
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New research offers some of the first biological clues to why women may be more likely than men to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
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A healthy lifestyle can cut your risk of developing Alzheimer’s, even if you’ve inherited genes that raise your risk for the dementia-causing disease.
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Thousands of the world’s leading stem cell researchers are convening in Los Angeles this week to discuss the prospects for a future without human disease.
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Women-only science programs at hundreds of colleges nationwide are coming under attack as sex discrimination against men
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California’s “red flag” law appears to have a role in reducing the chance of mass shootings, says a study by the UC Davis School of Medicine.
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The taut rope that was lowering an underwater listening station to the ocean’s floor collapsed on the tug boat’s deck with a slap, signaling to the crew on board that their mission was complete.
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Data from seismic sensors in buildings across Southern California show how the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake produced surprisingly long periods of shaking in some areas.
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Meteorologists say July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880.
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Scientists who sampled seemingly pristine Arctic snow have discovered high levels of microplastics that were likely carried north by the atmosphere.
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Every morning, hundreds of Native Hawaiians emerge from tents and pickup trucks to protest a new telescope on Mauna Kea, which they hold sacred.
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ShakeAlertLA, the early warning app, will now issue alerts for weaker shaking after the Ridgecrest quakes in July didn’t register in L.A.
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Toxic algae blooms can be deadly, and they’re becoming more common thanks to climate change. Here’s how to protect yourself and your pets.
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Kary Mullis was an unconventional and often controversial Nobel laureate.
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As opioid abuse surges, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends for the first time that primary care clinicians screen all adults for illicit drug use.
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