Seeking solace, and finding hard truths, on California’s Highway 395
As we drove north along Highway 395 — passing the salty remains of Owens Lake, the Museum of Western Film History, the geothermal plant outside…
Trump pulls Jared Isaacman nomination to lead NASA days before vote
Jared Isaacman, President Donald Trump's nominee to be administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), looks on during a Senate Committee on Commerce,…
Trump to withdraw nomination of Musk associate Jared Isaacman to lead NASA, AP source says
WASHINGTON — President Trump is withdrawing the nomination of tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, an associate of Elon Musk, to lead NASA, a person familiar with the decision…
What do the Dodgers and Giants have in common? An iconic ad — for Big Oil
Long before Clayton Kershaw donned No. 22 and Fernando Valenzuela wore No. 34, another number told fans it was time for Dodger baseball: 76.Union Oil…
Martian ‘kneeling to pray’, monstrous spiders, secret doorway and Ghandi’s FACE – the creepiest pics of Mars ever taken
EVEN though humans have never set foot on Mars, we've still got plenty of photos of the red planet.And if you went by those pics…
Conservative billionaire pitches massive gas plant to power data centers
Donald Trump had just been elected president when I first visited the sprawling Wyoming ranch of conservative billionaire Phil Anschutz in late 2016.But my tour…
Nuclear reactors help power Los Angeles. Should we panic, or be grateful?
The radiation containment domes at Arizona’s Palo Verde Generating Station were, truth be told, pretty boring to look at: giant mounds of concrete, snap a…
L.A.’s ‘Lunar Light’ VR experience takes you to the moon
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> I’m at peace with the idea that I won’t be visiting space in my lifetime. The cost of space tourism is out of…
Warren Buffett’s successor got his start selling clean energy. Now he defends coal
Warren Buffett has invested tens of billions of dollars in fossil fuels, propping up some of the nation’s dirtiest coal plants as well as major…
Soviet spaceship could crash back to Earth at 17,000mph in HOURS as map reveals impact zone for doomed 500kg Venus probe
A SOVIET spacecraft once destined for Venus is expected to crash land on Earth this week after more than 50 years stuck in orbit. The…
Climate change is cooking Los Angeles. Does Karen Bass care?
Los Angeles is still reeling from its most devastating wildfires ever. In the next few months, temperatures could hit triple digits. Yet Mayor Karen Bass…
Contributor: To dumbly go where no space budget has gone before
Reports that the White House may propose nearly a 50% cut to NASA’s Science Mission Directorate are both mind-boggling and, if true, nothing short of…
Katy Perry and co’s space trip would make Meghan Markle cringe – there was only one winner and it wasn’t women
HOUSTON, we have a problem.An intergalactic pyjama party of excitable female celebrities appears to be hurtling towards space.8Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Kerianne Flynn,…
What L.A. can learn about wildfires from Yosemite’s Rim fire recovery
Happy Thursday. I’m Corinne Purtill, a science and health reporter for The Times, filling in this week for the incomparable Sammy Roth.Last week my family…
How the Trump-troubled Kennedy Center can save itself
Washington, D.C. — Like much else in the nation’s capital, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is in a state of uncertainty. For 53…
Watch first video inside Blue Origin space trip as Katy Perry and crew hang upside down & marvel at the moon
THIS is the bombshell first video captured inside the Blue Origin rocket ship, with the all-women crew weightlessly floating in space.The six women - including…
We should move faster on clean energy. Some lawmakers want to pause
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, one of the most powerful people in Sacramento, just rammed a bill through his chamber that would place a six-year pause…
Trump loves coal. Lithium-ion batteries, maybe not
I didn’t know much about email newsletters when Sarah Day Owen, an editor at the Desert Sun in Palm Springs, asked if I would start…
It’s ‘certainly possible’ utility sparked Eaton fire. But climate change made it worse
Before sitting down with Pedro Pizarro, president and chief executive officer of Edison International, I gave some thought to how I would ask him about…
The rooftop solar debate that never ends
For the latest episode of the “Boiling Point” podcast, I invited two of the most prominent voices in California’s long-running rooftop solar debate to hash…