Well this is one way to pay for college. Cal Poly student Alex Sahli submitted an Italian Riviera Lego set design to Lego Ideas at the end of high school, and Lego said yes. “At first I thought it was ...

In 2019, researchers surveying the seafloor off the coast of California came upon three unusual species of small fishes with large heads: one with bumpy pink skin, and the other two both black in ...

For a century, it worked, and brilliantly. The “California model” rested on massive investments in higher education, development of industrial zones in places such as the South Bay and Silicon Valley, ...

Away from California’s coastline, the interior hillsides are a carpet of brown, dry brush and grasses. Nearly 40% of the state is in drought, and with the state’s Santa Ana and Diablo winds set to ...

Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science ...

Researchers have developed an online tool that can calculate the extent to which blood pressure medicines prescribed by a doctor will be effective, potentially allowing treatment to be tailored to ...

California, Oregon and Washington said they would work together to review scientific data, saying the C.D.C. could no longer be trusted. But Florida said it would abolish all vaccine mandates. By ...

The autopen has been around in one form or another since Thomas Jefferson was president. According to shapell.org, “In 2005, George W. Bush was the first president to enquire with the Department of ...

Known for their striking orange-and-black wings, monarch butterflies are among the most recognizable insects fluttering about. But beyond their beauty, they are best known for their epic migration, ...

A decade ago, California schools introduced a new K-12 science curriculum that was hands-on, interactive and designed to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century. But since the state ...

A pair of San Diego scientists who helped develop a treatment for cystic fibrosis, a life-threatening genetic disorder that damages people’s organs, have been named recipients of a 2025 Lasker Award, ...

When researchers discovered several eroding barrels on the seafloor off the coast of Southern California with an eerie, white halo encircling them, it wasn’t immediately clear what they held. The ...