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…
UK reveals new £1billion Mars robot to find alien life on Red Planet – and it could land as soon as 2030
THE UK has completed the build of its first-ever Mars rover, designed to search for signs of alien life on the Red Planet in 2030.…
Californians pay too much for electricity. Here are three bold solutions
Politicians love to chase easy answers. Alas, when it comes to California’s rising electric rates, there aren’t any.If limiting rate increases were simple, elected officials…
Speaking truth to Trump on climate change
The 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution says: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or…
Wildfires are driving up California electric bills. Lawmakers need to act
Uncomfortable truth time: The biggest reason California’s electric rates are rising so fast is that utility companies are spending billions of dollars each year to…
NASA astronauts return to Earth after 9 months: How space changes the body? | Space News
EXPLAINERNine months in space can permanently alter the body, leaving astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore with possible long-term health effects.It was a mission that…
Why you shouldn’t make deals with the (climate) devil
I saw a great meme created by Dustin Mulvaney, an environmental studies professor at San José State University. It has to do with President Trump’s…
NASA astronauts stuck in space to return to Earth: All you need to know | Space News
Two NASA astronauts are expected to soon be on their way back to Earth after spending nine months stranded in space. Sunita Williams and Barry…