March 2, 2021, 6:05am Life
While there’s a famous horror-movie spoof about killer tomatoes, no one seems to have made one about caterpillars — the insect pests that eat the juicy red fruits of summer. Read story
March 2, 2021, 6:00am Life
Thunderstorm frequency could triple in Alaska by the end of the century because of ongoing climate change, according to new research. Read story
March 2, 2021, 6:02am Life
Researchers have fetched an ancient dog fossil that provides new context for when the species arrived to the Americas. Read story
March 2, 2021, 6:00am Life
LONDON (AP) — A report commissioned by the British government is urging a radical transformation in the way that countries around the world assess the state of their economies by elevating the natural world as a key element in their economic planning. Read story
March 1, 2021, 6:02am Life
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Researchers have discovered a “dramatic increase” in the number of great white sharks swimming in Monterey Bay in recent years, including an area off Santa Cruz County where a surfer was killed last year, according to a new study published last week. Read story
February 23, 2021, 3:38pm Nation & World
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message, thanks to a puzzle lover on the spacecraft team. Read story
February 23, 2021, 6:02am Life
WASHINGTON — The pandemic knocked the U.S. back on track to meet its targets in the Paris climate accord, and renewable energy saw a record-setting level of deployment in 2020 as coal consumption dwindled, figures from an independent report released Thursday show, while transportation emissions are expected to jump as… Read story
February 23, 2021, 6:00am Life
SAN DIEGO — NASA has given the University of California, San Diego $5.8 million to help develop electric-powered flying taxis, a form of ride sharing that has been envisioned for decades but is struggling to get beyond the concept stage. Read story
February 23, 2021, 6:00am Life
Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found. Read story
February 22, 2021, 9:07am Life
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceX’s first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. Read story
