June 3, 2024, 5:55am Life
Nearly every Californian can remember wildfire smoke bathing locations throughout the state in orange hues two years ago or the smell of burned wildlands wafting into their neighborhoods. Now, researchers say the smoke could have adversely affected the state’s freshwater ecosystems. Read story
June 2, 2024, 5:27am Life
Consider the sea urchin. Specifically, the painted urchin: Lytechinus pictus, a prickly Ping-Pong ball from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Read story
May 28, 2024, 6:07am Life
First came a rare solar eclipse, followed by the northern lights, fueled by a solar storm. The next celestial phenomenon will come next month, when skygazers can look forward to an alignment known as a “planetary parade.” Read story
May 24, 2024, 11:55am Latest News
Boeing is now aiming for its first astronaut launch at the beginning of June, after spending the past few weeks struggling with more problems on the space capsule. Read story
May 23, 2024, 5:20pm Clark County Life
If growing up to be an astronaut used to be an unlikely dream, now it’s simply a “career choice,” Dr. Michael Barratt said Thursday. Read story
May 21, 2024, 6:00am Life
Scientists once thought of dinosaurs as sluggish, cold-blooded creatures. Then research suggested that some could control their body temperature, but when and how that shift came about remained a mystery. Read story
May 21, 2024, 6:00am Life
A pod of killer whales attacked and sunk a yacht over the weekend between Spain and Morocco in the Strait of Gibraltar — and it’s not the first time. Read story
May 20, 2024, 6:05am Health
The voice Alexis “Lexi” Bogan had before last summer was exuberant. Read story
May 20, 2024, 5:56am Life
The Webb Space Telescope has discovered the earliest known merger of black holes. These two gigantic black holes and their galaxies consolidated just 740 million years after the universe-forming Big Bang. It’s the most distant detection ever made of merging black holes, scientists reported Thursday. Read story
May 18, 2024, 6:13am Clark County Life Subscriber Exclusive
MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL VOLCANIC MONUMENT — The fact that unpredictably moving rock has blocked the road to its prime visitor center says a lot about Mount St. Helens. Much of the landscape around this active volcano is literally new, making it one of the most uniquely beautiful and educational… Read story
