Opinion: America's 'big glass' dominance hangs on the fate of two powerful new telescopes
Washington acknowledged the need for an 'all-sky' view of deep space but may stint on the funding. Does this make sense? (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Eric D. Isaacs and Thomas F. Rosenbaum Source Type: news
Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California officials releasing more of them?
Vector control officials in Southern California are starting to release sterilized male mosquitoes to combat the summertime onslaught of ankle biters. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 25, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Lila Seidman Source Type: news
After months of silence, Voyager 1 has returned NASA's calls
The spacecraft launched in 1977 and is now 15 billion miles from Earth. It went silent in November. Scientists at JPL figured out how to get it talking again. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 24, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Corinne Purtill Source Type: news
How L.A. County is trying to remake addiction treatment — no more 'business as usual'
A Los Angeles County initiative called Reaching the 95% aims to engage with more people than the fraction of Angelenos already getting addiction treatment. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
FDA approves bladder cancer treatment by Culver City company
The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Culver City-based ImmunityBio's treatment for a type of bladder cancer. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 23, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Times staff Source Type: news
Opinion: The decline in American life expectancy harms more than our health
This alarming trend, which began before COVID, fuels a deadly cycle of a sick workforce and weakened economy. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 16, 2024 Category: Science Authors: C éline Gounder and Craig Spencer Source Type: news
Too expensive, too slow: NASA asks for help with JPL's Mars Sample Return mission
NASA's administrator says the agency is committed to the mission to bring samples of Mars back to Earth -- just in less time and for less money. How it will pull that off remains to be seen. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 15, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Corinne Purtill Source Type: news
'Miracle' weight-loss drugs could have reduced health disparities. Instead they got worse
Ozempic and other drugs raised the possibility of reversing the country's obesity crisis. Doctors are frustrated that they've made health disparities worse. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 15, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Karen Kaplan Source Type: news
Column: A cancer survivor's advice: research, persistence and second opinions
It's very helpful, Robin Clough said, when, in the midst of a life-threatening medical crisis, the person you live with is a doctor who makes house calls. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 13, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Steve Lopez Source Type: news
Surrogate otter mom at Long Beach aquarium is rehabilitating pup 'better than any human ever can'
The pup could become Aquarium of the Pacific's first surrogate-raised otter to return to the wild — if she masters the skills needed to hack it in the ocean. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 11, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Lila Seidman Source Type: news
Union accuses Kaiser of violations months after state fine on mental health care
Months after Kaiser Permanente reached a sweeping agreement with state regulators to improve its mental health services, the healthcare giant is facing union allegations that patients could be improperly losing such care. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
This SoCal hazardous waste facility could get a new permit despite past violations
Environmental and community groups want the state to turn down Phibro-Tech for a renewed permit for its Santa Fe Springs facility. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 9, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Emily Alpert Reyes Source Type: news
Solar eclipse thrills crowds in California as it darkens swath of countryside
Millions of people across the U.S. will look up at the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse. California won't experience totality, but there's still plenty to see. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Fry, Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Jireh Deng Source Type: news
A solar eclipse is happening today in California. How to get the best view
Millions of people across the U.S. will look up at the sky to witness a rare total solar eclipse. California won't experience totality, but there's still plenty to see. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Hannah Fry Source Type: news
RFK Jr. speaks candidly about his gravelly voice
'If I could sound better, I would,' says the presidential candidate, who has spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological condition that affects his vocal cords. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 8, 2024 Category: Science Authors: James Rainey Source Type: news
