November 1, 2018, 6:00am Life
Cancer researchers at Georgetown University came upon an unlikely surprise as they investigated the role of a specific protein in cancer. Read story
November 1, 2018, 6:00am Life
New research strengthens the case that people used the chocolate ingredient cacao in South America 5,400 years ago, underscoring the seed’s radical transformation into today’s Twix bars and M&M candies. Read story
October 31, 2018, 6:05am Life
Josh Hill, a marine biology teacher at Mar Vista High School, lost count of the number of times he’s gotten sick from swimming in the ocean at Imperial Beach. Read story
October 25, 2018, 6:03am Life
The bomber planes, he thought, had a certain beauty, flashing silver against the blue sky before dropping their explosive cargo on industrial plants near Nagasaki, Japan. Read story
October 25, 2018, 5:51am Life
Spiders spin their silk out of proteins and promise. The fibers are tough, flexible and environmentally friendly, and entrepreneurs and scientists envision them woven into a host of products: spider silk sutures, sweaters or even footbridges. Read story
October 21, 2018, 5:46am Life
To keep his family of four entertained, Ben Emery pays $180 a month for Spectrum TV and internet service, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu. He gets Amazon mostly for free shipping and Hulu in part because his 5-year-old daughter likes “Teen Titans Go.” Read story
October 18, 2018, 6:05am Life
Despite what President Donald Trump says, scientists have long known that what’s warming the planet isn’t natural. It’s us. Read story
October 18, 2018, 6:00am Life
Stephen Hawking, the physicist whose bodily paralysis turned him into a symbol of the soaring power of the human mind, feared a race of “superhumans” capable of manipulating their own evolution. Read story
October 18, 2018, 5:19am Life
Imagine a crew of hungry toddlers and kindergartners with unrestricted access to the kitchen. Would they gorge themselves on candy, chips and ice cream? Read story
October 14, 2018, 6:02am Business
Sometimes these reviews write themselves. Read story
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