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Fired Stanford researcher gets probation for altering cancer data with insults like 'doctor too stupid'

2 days ago

Scientists are learning how noise affects Bay Area wildlife as they work to conserve wetland birds amid a roaring urban soundscape

3 days ago

'Super-Jupiter' exoplanet is not so Jupiter-like, UCSC study finds

3 days ago

Upcoming Pandora Mission is Bay Area's latest contribution to the search for life on other planets

3 days ago

The 'surfer's paradox' is that their boards can harm the oceans they cherish. A new process is helping to change that.

4 days ago

Suspected shark attack at Lovers Point occurred in time and place where large sharks come to feed

6 days ago

How a new system of drones and low-cost sensors can protect communities from air pollution

8 days ago

Bay Area's commercial Dungeness crab season can start Jan. 5 — with limitations

10 days ago

Saratoga High senior discovers link between whale songs and human sonatas

11 days ago

Comet will soon make its closest approach to Earth this week; and last meteor shower for 2025

12 days ago

Saturn's moon Titan may not have a buried ocean as long suspected, new study suggests

12 days ago

Volunteers plant Bay Area's first 'living levee' using treated wastewater

15 days ago

How a group tracking sounds beneath Bay Area waters hopes to protect whales from shipping lanes

20 days ago

How a rare drug made from California scientists' blood saves babies from botulism

20 days ago

No rain is forecast through Christmas. Is it time to worry about drought?

21 days ago

How a Santa Cruz 'sea monster' spawned a century of myth, mystery and scientific discovery

21 days ago

Why the Bay Area is key to the new U.S. push to win the international AI race

23 days ago

Would you like to see where the monarchs are? There's an app for that.

21 days ago

How will child vaccine rollback impact Bay Area families?

24 days ago

US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

24 days ago

CDC again delays vote on hepatitis vaccine, will revisit Friday

25 days ago

The cold moon, the last supermoon of the year, is visible tonight

25 days ago

5.9 earthquake alert Thursday morning was a false alarm, USGS says

25 days ago

Delayed care to 2 Black pregnant women highlights maternal health disparities

26 days ago

Salmon returning to Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years could be sign of environmental renewal to come

27 days ago

How fog built the Bay Area – and continues to shape our daily lives

26 days ago

'We are in orbit': Satellite built by Bay Area college students propelled into outer atmosphere on SpaceX rocket

28 days ago

UC Santa Cruz study shows developing brains have inherent structure

28 days ago

Foothill College show makes for fascinating physics

29 days ago

Trump administration science assault slams major Bay Area economic engine, threatens 'amazing innovations'

29 days ago

Flam: James Watson had a brilliant mind and a broken moral compass

1 month ago

What California's big, gross elephant seals can teach us about life

1 month ago

Earthquake swarm rattles East Bay

1 month ago

Into the fog: Researching the California coastal staple

1 month ago

Stanford researchers link lupus to common virus in 'breakthrough' study

1 month ago

Disability rights activist, author Alice Wong dies at 51

1 month ago

Researchers try bold new approach in a race to better treat autoimmune diseases

1 month ago

Man believed to be first person to die from meat allergy caused by tick bite

1 month ago

'Scary as hell': Sonoma County farmers confront new avian flu wave and debate over vaccine

1 month ago

Bay Area scientists set to launch mission to Mars that could help pave way for human trips

1 month ago

James Watson dies at 97; co-discoverer of DNA's double-helix shape helped revolutionize scientific research

1 month ago

Why is the government dropping millions of flies over the Bay Area?

1 month ago

Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan shift bulk of philanthropy to science, focusing on AI and biology to curb disease

1 month ago

November supermoon to rise over the Bay Area this week

1 month ago

Tom Brady reveals new dog Junie is a clone of beloved Lua, who died in 2023

1 month ago

Scientists spot the brightest flare yet from a supermassive black hole

1 month ago

Solving a sea otter mystery: Monterey Bay Aquarium researchers track down origin of deadly disease

1 month ago

Daylight saving time ends Sunday - and Stanford study suggests it should go away for good

1 month ago

It rained a lot in October. Did it rain enough to end fire season?

1 month ago

Can a weight loss and diabetes drug treat long COVID?

1 month ago

Common viral infections like flu and shingles can raise your risk of heart attack and stroke, analysis finds

1 month ago

Berkeley study of wildfire exposure adds to dispute over Sonoma County's Ag Pass program for farmworkers

2 months ago

In one California county, kindergartener vaccination rates dip below herd immunity levels for measles

2 months ago

Dinosaurs were thriving in North America before the mass-extinction asteroid strike, study suggests

2 months ago

As heat gets more extreme, pregnant farmworkers are increasingly at risk

2 months ago

Want your kid to be smart? Heads up: The Bay Area Science Festival is this Saturday

2 months ago

How leaders of the MAHA movement benefit from anti-science advocacy and promise profits to industry

2 months ago

Wave of anti-science bills pushed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. allies hits statehouses, endangering health protections

2 months ago

The most important things Bay Area residents can do to protect their home against wildfires

2 months ago

Music could help ease pain from surgery or illness. Scientists are listening

2 months ago

Orionid meteor shower will soon be visible over LA. When and where to watch

2 months ago

How to watch the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

2 months ago

The Sonoma County connection to an off-the-grid Nobel Prize winner

2 months ago

The world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse

2 months ago

2 green comets shine bright. How to spot them in the night sky

2 months ago

The earthquake app on your phone will buzz this morning. Here's why.

2 months ago

New vaccine for typhoid, salmonella shows promise

2 months ago

A long-lost ancient Roman artifact reappears in a New Orleans backyard

2 months ago

La Niña is here: Is California heading for a dry winter?

2 months ago

UC Berkeley professor Omar Yaghi wins Nobel prize in chemistry

2 months ago

MacArthur 'genius award' list includes Oakland writer, Berkeley and Stanford scientists

2 months ago

UC Berkeley professor Omar M. Yaghi shares Nobel Prize in chemistry with two other scientists

2 months ago

UC Berkeley's John Clarke wins Nobel Prize for discovery that led to iPhone, quantum computers

2 months ago

San Andreas, Cascadia faults could combine to set off huge double earthquake

2 months ago

UC Berkeley scientist and two others win Nobel Prize in Physics for work advancing quantum technology

2 months ago

Acting CDC director, citing Trump directive, calls for MMR shot to be split into three despite no evidence of benefit

2 months ago

You might be surprised by how many fossils are from the La Brea Tar Pits

2 months ago

CDC recommends patients consult a health care provider for Covid-19 vaccination

2 months ago

San Francisco scientist shares Nobel Prize in medicine with 2 others for work on the human immune system

2 months ago

Newsom signs legislation to bolster fusion, quantum technologies

2 months ago

New study builds evidence of immune system's role in ALS

2 months ago

Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates, has died

2 months ago

Eric Dane enlists Bay Area congressman's support as ALS progresses

2 months ago

Study: Santa Cruz County ranks 4th in pesticide proximity to pregnant residents

2 months ago

$20,000 reward: Man seen sawing off head of sea lion near Monterey

2 months ago

New coronavirus approach shows promise in study, California scientists say

3 months ago

$197 million project completed to improve flood protection along south San Francisco Bay shoreline

3 months ago

Trump's touting of an unproven autism drug surprised many, including the doctor who proposed it

3 months ago

UC San Diego researchers find new system for gene editing that may be safer than CRISPR

3 months ago

Does Monday's Bay Area earthquake increase the chances of a bigger one?

3 months ago

Trump administration to link Tylenol to autism, WaPo reports

3 months ago

Kennedy's panel recommends new restrictions on chicken pox, measles, mumps and rubella vaccines

3 months ago

Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here's what to know

3 months ago

AI cameras are spotting wildfires across California — often before humans call 911

3 months ago

West Coast states issue joint vaccine recommendations ahead of CDC advisers meeting

3 months ago

US panel probes Huawei affiliate's presence on Nvidia's Silicon Valley campus

3 months ago

Coastal Cleanup dangles $1,000, other prizes for Saturday volunteers

3 months ago

Mountain lion's death on California highway leads to push for more protection

3 months ago

Bay Area cities take on Albuquerque for new $1 billion nuclear fusion site

3 months ago

Could a common nasal spray help block Covid-19?

3 months ago