Environment
Greenland melting is “off the charts”
December 6, 2018The ice sheet is now melting at rates unseen within at least the last 350 years.
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Trump’s EPA wants to build more coal plants as consumption falls to 39-year low
December 5, 2018Yet another signal from the Trump administration that it is ignoring dire climate warnings and embracing the polluting fossil fuel industry instead.
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Mars touchdown: NASA spacecraft survives supersonic plunge
November 27, 2018Museums, planetariums and libraries across the U.S. held viewing parties to watch the events unfold at JPL.
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Fifth graders compose and perform poignant songs about math and science
November 21, 2018LOS ANGELES—Early last year a press release from the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) came my way about high school kids in Van Nuys writing and performing a new oratorio on the theme of the Japanese...
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Fires put pressure on California utilities despite new pro-company law
November 15, 2018"There is a problem when the motive is profit, and that just may not be the right motive for providing utility services.”
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