The general picture of a shark is that of a fast and large ocean predator. Some species, however, question this image—for example angel sharks. They have adapted to a life on the bottom of the oceans, where they lie in ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 4, 2020
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A huge wildfire in mountains east of Los Angeles that is Southern California's biggest blaze so far this year was still raging Monday, with thousands of people forced to evacuate their homes.
Environment
Aug 3, 2020
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Scientists led by Javier Martinez from the Max Perutz Labs, a joint venture of the Medical University of Vienna and the University of Vienna, have identified a unique chemical reaction at the end of RNA molecules for the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 31, 2020
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It was against the backdrop of a pounding surf one recent morning that almost 30 people had gathered on the cragged and slippery folds of White Point tidal pools in San Pedro and set to work with gardening spades, buckets ...
Ecology
Jul 20, 2020
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For the first time in nearly 50 years, California condors have been spotted at Sequoia National Park, wildlife officials announced.
Plants & Animals
Jul 9, 2020
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The first time David Ulin visited Los Angeles in the late 80s, he stayed with a friend who had a giant, aerial map of the city pinned to his breakfast room wall.
Social Sciences
Jul 8, 2020
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At the turn of the 20th century, tuberculosis was America's third-most common cause of death. It struck down the young as well as the old and was so contagious that spitting anywhere in public except for spittoons was outlawed.
Social Sciences
Jun 26, 2020
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As spontaneous and loosely organized demonstrations against the death of George Floyd continue to erupt across the world, Stanford historian and civil rights scholar Clayborn Carson has a message to activists: There needs ...
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2020
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California isn't running out of water," says Richard Luthy. "It's running out of cheap water. But the state can't keep doing what it's been doing for the past 100 years."
Environment
May 20, 2020
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You may have seen the striking before-and-after photos: cities previously blanketed by a dense fog of air pollution now sporting clear skies, as COVID-19 stay-at-home orders bring auto traffic and industry to a halt.
Environment
Apr 24, 2020
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