A hotter planet is generating more winter storms in the North Pacific Ocean, which in turn is producing taller waves, according to a new study. That could make coastal flooding and erosion even worse.
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Stanford president says he’ll resign amid scrutiny over his research
After a review of allegations made about his scientific articles found issues, Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said he will resign.
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One of the biggest extinction events in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz
Scientists are using a UC Santa Cruz greenhouse to recreate the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. They want to learn why some species survived when so many did not.
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Doctors fear California law aimed at COVID-19 misinformation could do more harm than good
Doctors who spread misinformation about COVID-19 could face disciplinary measures in California under a new state law.
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Experimental COVID-19 vaccine could outsmart future coronavirus variants
An experimental COVID-19 vaccine aims to get ahead of new variants by priming the immune system to recognize a stable part of the coronavirus.
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CDC advisors endorse booster shots that target Omicron for Americans 12 and up
The CDC’s vaccine advisors meet to consider new COVID-19 shots that are designed to target the BA.5 Omicron strain.
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Scientists’ big monkeypox fear: It will spread to wild animals and be here to stay
The longer the monkeypox outbreak drags on, the more likely the virus will spread to wild animals. If that happens we’ll never be rid of it.
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McKinney fire has hit the stratosphere, spewing the ‘fire-breathing dragon of clouds’
A deadly combination of intense heat, parched vegetation and dry conditions has turned the 55,000-acre McKinney fire in the Klamath National Forest into its own force of nature. The culprit: human-caused climate change.
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First image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals thousands of galaxies in stunning detail
NASA reveals the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, its $10-billion successor to Hubble.
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Here’s why scientists aren’t ‘crazy scared’ about monkeypox
To the public, the monkeypox outbreak has echoes of the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. But scientists say it’s not the same at all.