Column: Meet the most dangerous quack in America
It used to be fairly easy to dismiss Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, as a clownish anti-vaccine quack...
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Science • Technology
California wants to reduce traffic. The Newsom administration thinks AI can help
Being stuck in traffic is a familiar problem for many Californians, but state officials want to harness the power of...
Researchers discover thousands of nanoplastic bits in bottles of drinking water
It seems anywhere scientists look for plastic, they find it: from the ice in Antarctica, to the first bowel movement...
An FAQ from the future — how we struggled and defeated deepfakes
Cast your mind forward. It’s Nov. 8, 2028, the day after another presidential election. This one went smoothly — no...
Questions about NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission put JPL jobs in jeopardy
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory laid off 100 contractors last week and will scale back part of the first-ever effort to...
R.I.P. Shaunzi. Second elephant in about a year dies at L.A. Zoo
An elephant at the Los Angeles Zoo died this week, the second in about a year and just days before...
Column: Excited about AI and self-driving cars? A top roboticist is here to burst your bubble
If you’re a fan of techno-hype, 2023 was the year for you. Believers felt themselves validated by seeing excitement and...
Opinion: The U.S. is facing the biggest COVID wave since Omicron. Why are we still playing make-believe?
The pandemic is far from over, as evidenced by the rapid rise to global dominance of the JN.1 variant of...
A potent antibiotic has emerged in the battle against deadly, drug-resistant superbugs
Under a microscope, this drug-resistant superbug looks as benign as a handful of pebbles. Yet carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, or CRAB,...
SpaceX soars into 2024 with a burst of color and six special satellites
The first SpaceX launch of 2024, which took place Tuesday night, included something that none of the company’s prior launches...
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