Contributor: The planet’s other forest crisis
The decline of California’s kelp forests since the marine heat wave of 2013-17 has seen only minor recovery…
Who is Alex Honnold, the California native climbing Taipei 101?
Alex Honnold, the rock climber who famously scaled Yosemite’s El Capitan without ropes, will try his hand at…
Social media users in the Central Valley are freaking out about unusual fog
A 400-mile blanket of fog has socked in California’s Central Valley for weeks. Scientists and meteorologists say the…
Scientists discover 1,500th species of bat
Laura Torrent did not know that the tiny brown bat she caught in early 2024 would become a…
World used record amount of fossil fuels last year, scientists say
Industries and individuals around the world burned record amounts of oil, gas and coal last year, releasing more…
What a gut microbiome scientist wants you to eat every day
You can make your gut microbes happy by doing the following, Corbin said: limit your intake of ultra-processed…
The remaining glaciers of California’s Sierra Nevada are vanishing
For as long as there have been people in what is now California, the granite peaks of the…
If he ever gets his job back, I have just the hat for Jimmy Kimmel, thanks to Trump
These are dark times, the average cynic might argue. But do not despair. If you focus on the…
Hiltzik: It’s not too soon to talk about the post-Trump era
The all-purpose adage offering optimism — and sometimes pessimism — to those confronting a crisis head-on is: “This…
David Baltimore dead: Former Caltech president, Nobel winner was 87
In 2003, the Nobel Prize winner David Baltimore, then president of Caltech, paused to reflect on his role…