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The San Diego Union-Tribune - Science

Scary movies and haunted houses: Researchers study how the brain responds to fear

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Can San Diego be a crucial part of a Silicon Valley for nuclear fusion?

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Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century

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How to spot November's supermoon, the closest of the year

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Can a weight loss and diabetes drug treat long COVID?

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How tiny drones inspired by bats could save lives in dark and stormy conditions

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Advice to feed babies peanuts early and often helped thousands of kids avoid allergies

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How to watch the Orionid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet

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The world is heading to add 57 superhot days a year, but study indicates it could have been worse

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2 green comets shine bright. How to spot them in the night sky

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Scientists hope underwater fiber-optic cables can help save endangered orcas

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From barks to words: Researchers aim to translate dog sounds with AI

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She saw a car-sized object above a Texas farm and found a wayward hunk of NASA equipment

25 days ago

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

26 days ago

Three scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology

27 days ago

UC San Diego graduate Fred Ramsdell to share Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

28 days ago

The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for key immune system discoveries

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Beautiful 'supermoon' will be visible across San Diego County on Monday

29 days ago

Caltech professor to head Palomar Observatory

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The Nobel Prize winners will be announced next week. What to know about the prestigious awards

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A recipe for avoiding 15 million deaths a year and climate disaster is fixing food, scientists say

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Interstellar comet swinging past Mars as a fleet of spacecraft looks on

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New study adds to the possibility of favorable conditions for life at Saturn's moon Enceladus

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Researchers turn human skin cells into eggs — but not yet usable ones

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Cal State San Marcos gets $10 million donation to help build major science and engineering center

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A trio of space weather satellites blast off together to study the sun's violent side

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Growing up, she found Miramar's flight line 'so inspiring.' Now this Marine pilot is a NASA pick for astronaut training.

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Scientists discover a new dinosaur from Argentina with a crocodile bone in its mouth

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Day and night get equal billing Monday as fall equinox arrives. Here's what to know

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Australia approves world-first vaccine to save koalas from chlamydia

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Well-preserved Amazon rainforest on Indigenous lands can protect people from diseases, study finds

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Scripps researchers discover what lies within mysterious haloed barrels on the seafloor

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Two San Diego scientists win Lasker Award for developing way to fight cystic fibrosis

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New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life

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Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy

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UCSD graduate Megan McArthur retires from NASA's astronaut corps after long career

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Thousands of newborn stars dazzle in the latest snapshot by NASA's Webb Space Telescope

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Want to work for National Weather Service? Be ready to explain how you agree with Trump

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First peer-reviewed study of Tijuana River Valley sewage crisis finds link between water pollution and toxic gas in air

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Endangered frog species is hopping around Southern California once again

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Fleet Science Center to begin major renovation in September

2 months ago

Scientists give harsh grades to Trump administration work aimed at undoing a key climate finding

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Stargazing is challenging, but possible, in San Diego County. Here's how to view our night sky.

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Another US military mini shuttle launches on a secret mission

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Scientists get a rare peek inside of an exploding star

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NASA's Webb telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus

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Hijacked satellites and orbiting space weapons: In the 21st century, space is the new battlefield

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Six planets are hanging out in early morning skies this month. Here's how to spot them

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$80 million federal grant bolsters research at UCSD

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Public invited to attend dark sky forum and astronomy party Saturday in Julian

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Summer's best meteor shower peaks soon. But the moon will interfere with viewing the Perseids

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Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system

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Harvard scientists say research could be set back years after funding freeze

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Trump moves to shut down NASA missions that measure carbon dioxide and plant health

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Talking fungi: This high school grad is studying how plants communicate like a pro

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Scientists say they have solved the mystery of what killed more than 5 billion sea stars

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Now's the time to watch the Perseid meteor shower from East County

3 months ago

NASA, SpaceX punch through weather threat for Crew-11 launch

3 months ago

Fireflies are lighting up summer skies. But the glowing bugs are still on the decline

3 months ago

Some facts about the strongest earthquakes ever recorded

3 months ago

Scientists release thousands of hatchery-raised halibut in Mission Bay, boosting population

3 months ago

UC San Diego loses a third star scientist in mini brain drain

3 months ago

Noted Earth and space scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa named director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Largest piece of Mars on Earth fetches meteoric $5.3 million at New York auction

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Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system

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Wildfires can harm water quality up to eight years later, study finds

3 months ago

Exquisite, rarely seen purple sea snails ride warm currents to San Diego

3 months ago

UCSD postpones plans to set 10-story building on fire in Scripps Ranch

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Private spaceflight ends with a Pacific splashdown for astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

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The biggest piece of Mars on Earth is going up for auction in New York

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Astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary head back to Earth after private space station mission

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A century after a man was convicted of teaching evolution, the debate on religion in schools rages

3 months ago

UCSD's new underwater microscope brings precious coral reefs into sharper view

3 months ago

The US plans to begin breeding billions of flies to fight a pest. Here is how it will work

4 months ago

First images unveiled from world's largest camera

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New UCSD eye research center a son's visionary tribute to a father's legacy

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The summer solstice is here. What to know about the longest day of the year

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Want to plant trees to offset fossil fuels? You'd need all of North and Central America, study finds

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Early humans survived in a range of extreme environments before global migration, study says

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Watch: SpaceX rocket being tested in Texas explodes, no injuries reported

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Trump's plan to kill dozens of NASA missions threatens US space supremacy

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Lake Tahoe mystery: Why aren't the lake's famous waters getting more clear?

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Astronomers create a dazzling, elaborate map of nearby galaxy in thousands of colors

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Butterflies are disappearing. Here's how community scientists are working to save them.

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Noted Scripps researcher considering move after federal grant is canceled

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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

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What made Mount Etna's latest eruption so rare

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How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

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

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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

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Why cats are orange (and tortoiseshell and calico)

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Astronomers discover strange new celestial object in our Milky Way galaxy

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

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

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

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

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

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