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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science

How ancient reptile footprints are rewriting the history of when animals evolved to live on land

2 days ago

Bright auroras on Jupiter are captured by Webb Space Telescope

4 days ago

The researchers charged with defending the planet against asteroids

4 days ago

Chimpanzees drum with regular rhythm when they beat on tree trunks, a form of ancient communication

7 days ago

Famed research sub Alvin arrives in San Diego after crew witnesses volcanic eruption in Pacific

8 days ago

US infant mortality dropped in 2024. Experts partly credit RSV shots

8 days ago

7 San Diego scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

9 days ago

Famous geneticist moving research institute to RaDD project on San Diego Bay

10 days ago

Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes US funding

11 days ago

Fleet Science Center loses $3.7M grant, adding to its financial woes, as NSF slashes funding

14 days ago

Scientific societies say they'll do national climate assessment after Trump dismissed report authors

14 days ago

How to catch the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

14 days ago

Soviet-era spacecraft is set to plunge to Earth a half-century after its failed launch to Venus

15 days ago

NASA astronauts step outside space station to perform the 5th all-female spacewalk

15 days ago

Eerie 'doomsday fish' stirring interest at La Jolla's Birch Aquarium

16 days ago

Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX's Starlinks

18 days ago

A 10-foot microscope reveals big lessons about the tiniest threats to the human body

19 days ago

Bonobos in Congo form girl groups to fend off male aggression, study says

22 days ago

Trump science cuts roil university labs, targeting bird feeder research, AI literacy work and more

22 days ago

Beyond Ivy League, RFK Jr.'s NIH slashed science funding across states that backed Trump

24 days ago

A colossal squid is caught on camera for the first time in the deep sea

29 days ago

Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists say

1 month ago

Harvard stands to lose $2.2 billion in federal funding. Researchers fear science will suffer

1 month ago

A strong solar storm heads to Earth. Here's what to know about northern lights

1 month ago

'Elephants are so amazing': Safari Park video from earthquake draws cheers

1 month ago

Magnitude 5.2 earthquake northeast of San Diego shakes most of Southern California

1 month ago

Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez

1 month ago

A micromoon will grace the night skies this weekend

1 month ago

Billionaire spacewalker highlights Mars trip for astronauts in his bid to become NASA's next chief

1 month ago

Across San Diego, students, parents and educators raise alarm over funding cuts to schools, research

1 month ago

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf

1 month ago

Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles

1 month ago

San Diego Natural History Museum gets $10M from Irwin Jacobs for research, conservation

1 month ago

UCSD braces for possible $500M in annual cuts, shelves some building plans

1 month ago

Einstein called it his "biggest blunder." Now a Berkeley Lab breakthrough is shedding light on the mysteries of dark energy and cosmic expansion

1 month ago

Scientist renowned for study of adolescent brains named president of J. Craig Venter Institute

1 month ago

Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher to address the mysteries of physics

1 month ago

In research-rich San Diego, Trump cuts hit studies of HIV, domestic violence and more

1 month ago

What's in store for UCSD? With campus leaders largely mum, faculty and students are on edge

1 month ago

Eye in the sky: California spending $100M to track methane emissions with satellites

1 month ago

This new molecule could point the way to safe disposal of nuclear waste

1 month ago

Webb Space Telescope captures a star in the making and a galaxy far, far away

1 month ago

A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun

1 month ago

NASA websites no longer promote 'first woman' on the moon for Artemis

1 month ago

Venus passes between the Earth and sun this weekend — but don't count on seeing it

1 month ago

European telescope studying the dark universe unveils new images of distant galaxies

1 month ago

The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

1 month ago

Blue Ghost lander captures stunning sunset shots on the moon before falling silent

1 month ago

EPA plans to eliminate scientific research team, could fire more than 1,000 employees

1 month ago

Boeing Starliner astronauts back on Earth after SpaceX ride home

1 month ago

WATCH: South Americans gather to observe the red 'blood moon' lunar eclipse

2 months ago

SpaceX scrubs Crew-10 launch attempt delaying trip to the space station

2 months ago

What you should know about the 'invisibility cloak,' according to the award-winning physicist who studies them

2 months ago

The US agency that monitors weather will cut another 1,000 jobs, AP sources say

2 months ago

Study says climate change will even make Earth's orbit a mess

2 months ago

Watch the moon turn red during a total lunar eclipse in March

2 months ago

UCSD neurosurgeon rallies broad national support in fight to save research funding

2 months ago

Your questions about cats and bird flu risk, answered

2 months ago

Out of the lab and into the streets, researchers and doctors rally for science against Trump cuts

2 months ago

Daylight saving time is bad for you. Here's what you can do to soften the blow

2 months ago

Private lunar lander is declared dead after landing sideways in a crater near the moon's south pole

2 months ago

SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

2 months ago

First national analysis finds America's butterflies are disappearing at 'catastrophic' rate

2 months ago

2ND MOON LANDER IN A WEEK TOUCHES DOWN, BUT UNCLEAR IF STILL UPRIGHT

2 months ago

Jobs lost in every state and lifesaving cures not discovered: Possible impacts of research cuts

2 months ago

NASA powers down two instruments on twin Voyager spacecraft to save power

2 months ago

Scientists genetically engineer mice with thick hair like the extinct woolly mammoth

2 months ago

Boeing Starliner astronauts on space station near trip home with SpaceX after 9 months

2 months ago

Robots and experiments spark inspiration at San Diego Festival of Science and Engineering

2 months ago

Clouds could make it hard to see 'parade of planets' from San Diego on Friday evening

2 months ago

Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

2 months ago

Every planet of our solar system is lining up in the February night sky

2 months ago

Huge cuts in National Institutes of Health research funding go before a federal judge

2 months ago

UC San Diego, bracing for more than $200M in funding cuts, freezes faculty hiring

2 months ago

San Diego State University joins Harvard, Caltech and UCSD on list of nation's elite research schools

3 months ago

Federal health agencies restore webpages and datasets following judge's order

3 months ago

NASA's 2 stuck astronauts may return to Earth sooner under new plan

3 months ago

Space telescope spots rare 'Einstein ring' of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood

3 months ago

HIV infections could jump over 6 times if US support is dropped and not replaced, UNAIDS chief says

3 months ago

What's it like to use Elon Musk's brain chip? How does it work? 'Like using the Force'

3 months ago

Telescopes spy a monster radio jet streaming from a bright and early object in the universe

3 months ago

Torrey Pines research campus trades hands for $159M

3 months ago

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin mimics the moon's gravity for NASA experiments during spaceflight

3 months ago

How an ancient asteroid strike carved out 2 grand canyons on the moon

3 months ago

Trump administration's data deletions set off 'a mad scramble,' researcher says

3 months ago

Newly spotted asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032

3 months ago

NASA's 2 stuck astronauts take their first spacewalk together

3 months ago

Are we all aliens? NASA's returned asteroid samples hold the ingredients of life from a watery world

3 months ago

Scientists detect chirping cosmic waves in an unexpected part of space

3 months ago

SpaceX catches its Starship rocket back at the launch pad, but the spacecraft is destroyed

4 months ago

NASA's stuck astronaut steps out on a spacewalk after 7 months in orbit

4 months ago

Jeff Bezos' New Glenn rocket reaches orbit on first test flight

4 months ago

Navy names ship after famed San Diego State University alum Don Walsh

4 months ago

Jeff Bezos' space company calls off debut launch of massive new rocket in final minutes of countdown

4 months ago

Biden climate adviser says California wildfires show 'you have to take the science seriously'

4 months ago

Earth records hottest year ever in 2024 and the jump was so big it breached a key threshold

4 months ago

It's not really the typical time for nasty California fires. What are the factors that changed that?

4 months ago

What are California's Santa Ana winds?

4 months ago

Staying safe in a wildfire: What to pack and when to evacuate

4 months ago

Why more frequent cold blasts could be coming from global warming

4 months ago