The Northern Lights appear in the skies of Los Angeles County this weekend
The Northern Lights dazzled the skies over California on Friday night, even as far south as Los Angeles County. The…
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Solar storm could disrupt communications and bring northern lights to California
A different type of storm could complicate this weekend's plans. For the first time since January 2005, the US National…
Do you have to pay to camp on the Lost Coast? This is what you should know
The Lost Coast, a Northern California trail on many hikers' bucket lists, is one of the only coastal backpacking opportunities…
Warmest April on record puts Earth on 11-month hot streak
Earth's latent heat streak has extended for 11 months, and another global temperature record was broken in April. It was…
Another heat record? Nature tells humanity that time is up
To the editor: The rise in the Earth's temperature is relentless and increases more and more, year after year, bringing…
'3 Body Problem' review: A new take on alien invasions
Cixin Liu’s “The Three-Body Problem,” the first volume of her “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy, has been turned into a…
'Beating China' is a poor justification for Mars exploration
To the editor: The print version of the op-ed calling on Congress to fund a mission to bring rocks from…
Russell Banks found the heart of Trumpism
Book Review American Spirits: Stories By Russell Banks Knopf: 240 pages, $28If you buy books linked to on our site,…
United Airlines plane loses tire after takeoff and lands at LAX
A United Airlines plane that departed San Francisco International Airport Thursday morning lost one of its tires shortly after takeoff…
Opinion: Mars rocks are a scientific prize the United States can't afford to lose
NASA does it difficult, inspiring and ambitious things, and he does them, In the immortal words of President Kennedy, because…