No shots for Spot? Study finds owners' vaccine hesitancy can extend to pet dogs
A recent study in the journal Vaccine found that vaccine hesitancy among dog owners contributed to opposition to inoculation for canine-borne diseases, such as rabies. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 11, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jeremy Childs Source Type: news
Column: How a scientific 'breakthrough' fell apart amid allegations of plagiarism and fakery
A researcher who claimed a breakthrough in superconductivity had two papers retracted earlier. Why was this one accepted as solid? (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 10, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Michael Hiltzik Source Type: news
Opinion: How climate research is polluted by fossil fuel money — and how to fix it
Medicine has conflict of interest policies that, while imperfect, help lessen the influence of industry in putting profits and self-interest over science and health. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alexander Rabin and Caren Solomon Source Type: news
Opinion: How fossil fuel money compromises climate research — and how to fix it
Medicine has conflict of interest policies that, while imperfect, help lessen the influence of industry in putting profits and self-interest over science and health. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 7, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Alexander Rabin and Caren Solomon Source Type: news
Opinion: Science could finally discover aliens. What does that mean?
Is life on Earth a cosmic accident, or is the universe teeming with aliens? Science is about to take a fantastic leap forward in answering those questions. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 31, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Adam Frank Source Type: news
New COVID vaccines are here: Now's the time to get one, officials say
Only 5% of Californians have received the updated COVID-19 vaccine since it became more widely available earlier this month, and health officials say that's not good enough. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 27, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II Source Type: news
Column: Why anti-vaxxers are pretending a flawed study on vaccine deaths has been vindicated
A retracted study claiming the COVID vaccine killed 300,000 Americans has been republished in an anti-vaccine journal, but it's still weak. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Michael Hiltzik Source Type: news
Why anti-vaxxers are pretending a flawed study on vacccine deaths has been vindicated
A retracted study claiming the COVID vaccine killed 300,000 Americans has been republished in an anti-vaccine journal, but it's still weak. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Michael Hiltzik Source Type: news
Column: Humans have driven 21 more species to extinction. Here's why we should care
When a plant or species disappears for good in these modern times, it leaves behind a warning to our own species. Are we wise enough to hear it? (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Michael Hiltzik Source Type: news
One of California's riskiest volcanoes has been seeing more earthquakes. Is an eruption coming?
The Long Valley Caldera, which includes Mammoth Lakes area, has been having seismic activity, which can precede a volcanic eruption. Scientists say not to worry. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 23, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Rong-Gong Lin II Source Type: news
Opinion: A philosopher, after a lifetime of study, concludes, yes, people have free will
It's increasingly popular to believe that humans are merely machines and therefore can't control their behavior. But biology doesn't let us off the hook. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: John Martin Fischer Source Type: news
Column: Scientists are paying a huge personal price in the lonely fight against anti-vaxxers
The anti-vaccination and anti-science movements are killing thousands of innocent people. Why don't government agencies and professional groups speak up? (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 20, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Michael Hiltzik Source Type: news
How a solar eclipse threw a remote Utah town — and its Navajo workforce — into crisis
When a flood of tourists threatened to inundate Bluff, Utah, to view the 'ring of fire' eclipse, the town struggled to prepare. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Jack Herrera Source Type: news
How NASA's Europa Clipper will survive its trip to Jupiter's hostile moon
Searching for the ingredients for life on Europa will be a challenge for NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft. Surviving the high radiation of the icy moon will be even harder. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Gina Errico Source Type: news
Stanford scientist, after decades of study, concludes: We don't have free will
You may think you chose to read this, but Stanford scientist Robert Sapolsky would disagree. He says virtually all human behavior is beyond our conscious control. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 17, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Corinne Purtill Source Type: news
