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…
Drying and water depletion bring deepening crisis around the world
For more than two decades, satellites have tracked the total amounts of water held in glaciers, ice sheets,…
California’s next ‘Big One’ might not be what we expect, researchers say
What could the next mega-earthquake on California’s notorious San Andreas fault look like? Would it be a repeat…
New shark species discovered inside Mammoth Cave National Park
It’s Shark Week, and Mammoth Cave took the unofficial holiday to announce the discovery of another new shark…