For centuries, alchemists tried to unlock the ability to turn lead into gold. They believed the right mystical process or chemical concoction could transform one base metal into a precious...
A state environmental oversight board voted unanimously to rescind a controversial proposal that would have permitted California municipal landfills to accept contaminated soil that is currently required to be dumped...
Eleven of the 23 Pasadena Unified School District schools, where students have been back on campus since January, have contaminated soil following the Eaton fire, the district found. Over 40%...
Photographs by Sarah Blesener The Toyota pickup hit the tree that May morning with enough explosive force to leave a gash that is still visible on its trunk 39 years...
When you picture a volcano, what do you see? I personally imagine a mountain sticking up into the sky. At the top of that mountain, I see a crater with...
The drama began in 2024, when a sky-scanning telescope known as the Zwicky Transient Facility picked up a sudden brightening in the night sky. But there was a twist: the...
Despite what your uncle’s Facebook PSAs say, 5G isn’t turning your body into a hotspot or melting your DNA or turning you gay or whatever absolute batshit nonsense conspiracies right-wing...
The Trump administration’s crusade against top U.S. universities and some international students has created chaos in American academia—and an opening for countries who have long been eager to recruit top...
In the summer of 1999, Indian and Pakistani troops clashed in the heights of Kargil district in Indian-administered Kashmir. After Pakistani forces occupied Indian positions across the contested border, known...
A group of environmental researchers is calling on the Newsom administration to step in and pay for soil testing at thousands of homes destroyed in the Eaton and Palisades wildfires....
