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DNA testing, the same tech used in human health, could change the way biologists study the ocean.
In the year since the deadly South Napa earthquake, geologists have been digging in - sometimes literally - trying to better understand the puzzling West Napa fault zone.
In the year since the deadly South Napa earthquake, geologists have been digging in - sometimes literally - trying to better understand the puzzling West Napa fault zone.
Scientists are studying the cause of a toxic algae bloom that stretches from the California coast to Alaska.
Scientists are studying the cause of a toxic algae bloom that stretches from the California coast to Alaska.
One climate scientist postulates that the high pressure behind freakishly warm northern waters could put a flow restrictor on El Niño.
One climate scientist postulates that the high pressure behind freakishly warm northern waters could put a flow restrictor on El Niño.
The Food and Drug Administration last Friday advised U.S. medical facilities to stop using a pump that has cyber security flaws.
The Food and Drug Administration last Friday advised U.S. medical facilities to stop using a pump that has cyber security flaws.
For millennia, plants have made fuel out of sunlight and carbon dioxide. But it's not so easy to do in the lab.
For millennia, plants have made fuel out of sunlight and carbon dioxide. But it's not so easy to do in the lab.
A meteorite killed the dinosaurs. Or was it volcanism? U.C. Berkeley scientists say the two were connected.
A meteorite killed the dinosaurs. Or was it volcanism? U.C. Berkeley scientists say the two were connected.
Will NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft find icy volcanoes or rivers of neon? Here’s a last image from New Horizons before it makes its closest contact, early Tuesday morning.
Will NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft find icy volcanoes or rivers of neon? Here’s a last image from New Horizons before it makes its closest contact, early Tuesday morning.
