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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science

Noted Scripps researcher considering move after federal grant is canceled

5 days ago

Unsubstantiated 'chemtrail' conspiracy theories lead to legislation proposed in US statehouses

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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump's deep cuts in public health research

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Private lunar lander from Japan falls silent while attempting a moon touchdown

9 days ago

What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

11 days ago

How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

11 days ago

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

12 days ago

Milky Way's chance of colliding with galaxy billions of years from now? New study puts odds at 50-50

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UC San Diego to simulate massive earthquakes at its outdoor shake table

15 days ago

Why cats are orange (and tortoiseshell and calico)

17 days ago

Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

17 days ago

SpaceX launches another Starship rocket after back-to-back explosions, but it tumbles out of control

17 days ago

Is there life after extinction? Some scientists and conservationists are trying to find out

20 days ago

Birch Aquarium's new 'Living Seas' exhibit offers a glimpse into the noisy, mesmerizing deep

23 days ago

More tornadoes and fewer meteorologists make for a dangerous mix that's worrying US officials

25 days ago

These surreal trees survived for centuries. Scientists worry for their future

26 days ago

Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info

26 days ago

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

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Bright auroras on Jupiter are captured by Webb Space Telescope

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The researchers charged with defending the planet against asteroids

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

A micromoon will grace the night skies this weekend

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

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A NASA spacecraft will make another close pass of the sun

2 months ago

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

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

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

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The spring equinox is here. What does that mean?

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

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

2 months ago

Boeing Starliner astronauts back on Earth after SpaceX ride home

2 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

Your questions about cats and bird flu risk, answered

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

SpaceX's latest Starship test flight ends with another explosion

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

3 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

4 months ago

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

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

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Torrey Pines research campus trades hands for $159M

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

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