Sci-Fi

There aren't many weather events more fearsome than a derecho. But few seemed to notice the one that just hit the U.S. Midwest. A derecho is a powerful, long line...

NASA calls NGC 1614 a "peculiar galaxy." The brilliant cosmic object is the result of two merging galaxies. There are a number of wild things happening in this Hubble image,...

In this series we’ll take a science and technology-based overhead view of the future from the perspective of a time traveler. This edition focuses on what you’d see if you...

NASA and SpaceX have set a specific target date for Crew-1, the first operational crewed mission for SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Crew-1 will carry astronauts Shannon Walker, Victor Oliver, Mike...

If you’re in the UK, you may not have slept well this week. According to the weather gauges at the University of Reading, where I work, Tuesday 11 August was...

For the first 100 years of the National Park Service's existence, there has almost continually been an official director who leads the prestigious conservation agency. Now, that's changed. The Trump...

A lot of studies and discussion of social media use time spent on the platforms as evidence for various theories and conclusions — but it turns out that people are...

Don't let your guard down. Although veteran L.A. Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke had for months vigilantly "abandoned" any group settings where the new coronavirus flourishes, he acknowledged recently letting...

Russell Kirsch, whose research going back to the ’50s underlies the entire field of digital imaging, died earlier this week at the age of 91. It’s hard to overstate the...

California-based startup Mission Bio has raised a new $70 million Series C funding round, led by Novo Growth and including participating from Soleus Capital and existing investors Mayfield, Cota and...