In medicine, the uses for artificial intelligence have pretty much been limited to back office stuff — notetaking and appeals to health insurers to cover special medicines and treatments, those sorts of things.

That could be ready to change as the role of AI accelerates further into direct patient care in a pilot planned at Allegheny Health ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends.

Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they ...Read more

At a gathering of central bankers last month in Basel, Harvard University economist Gita Gopinath presented some unsettling data about stablecoins. Up to three-quarters of Tether’s USDT and Circle Internet Group Inc.’s USDC — the world’s most popular 1:1 dollar clones — are held in wallets where the users control the cryptographic keys...Read more

It finally happened — Apple released a low-priced laptop.

I didn’t think this day would ever come — really.

Apple is kind of famous for not being on the cheap end of any hardware category. Apple products are fantastic. They’re solid and they work well, but cheap has never really been in the discussion.

Until earlier this year.

Apple ...Read more

In early July 2026, the Trump administration quietly tapped Matthew Wielicki to lead the U.S. Global Change Research Program. The move places a podcaster known for downplaying the threats of climate change – and importantly, someone who has not been meaningfully involved in research on climate change or its impacts – at the top of one of ...Read more

Across the U.S., it’s a hot summer, and electricity prices are high. Various public officials and corporate websites suggest people set their thermostats to 78 degrees Fahrenheit (25.6 degrees Celsius), or even 81 F (27.2 C), as a way to stay relatively cool without breaking the bank. But as someone who studies energy costs, I know from ...Read more

One of the best parts about gamer glasses is that they’re often wilder and more adventurous than everyday eyewear. They go beyond those retro horn-rimmed glasses. The ones from Gunnar adopt a post-apocalyptic vibe or bring players closer to their favorite video game character. The company’s latest gaming efforts involve “Cyberpunk 2077,�...Read more

Satechi ChargeView 140W is one of those chargers that does what it says it does; it will charge up to four devices at the same time. This can include just about any USB-C charging device, including high-powered MacBook Pros.

The premium desktop AC-powered charger eases the charging cable clutter many of us have by eliminating the need for ...Read more

I was helping a friend with a few small tech issues last week and he came up with one that I had to look up before I could help.

It was a nuisance, more than a problem: His iPhone was autocorrecting certain words, but from the right spelling to a wrong spelling.

There is a neighborhood in our area of town called Lakewood. Every time my ...Read more

The Trump administration is removing protections from the key places where endangered species live, saying states can keep the areas safe.

But experts say states aren’t equipped for the task.

Earlier this month, the Trump administration finalized a major change to the Endangered Species Act, rolling back protections for the forests, wetlands...Read more

California’s Central Valley is one of the country’s richest farming regions, blessed with fertile soils, sunny days and a massive man-made system of irrigation canals and reservoirs.

But as climate change intensifies, droughts deepen, and water restrictions kick in, growers in much of the valley are getting less water for their fields. They...Read more

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency challenging its attempt to weaken restrictions on the climate “super pollutant,” hydrofluorocarbons.

President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced in May the agency would ease requirements for ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Yolo County’s Board of Supervisors declared a local emergency Tuesday in response to the threat of invasive golden mussels spreading through the county’s waterways, officials announced.

Yolo County authorities confirmed June 25 that the invasive freshwater mollusk, native to Asia, had been found in county waterways ...Read more

SpaceX sent up a Tuesday evening launch of a Northrop Grumman robotic vehicle featuring a pair of swiveling arms with clampy hands that aims to become an all-purpose Mr. Fix-It in space.

The Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) has been in the works for years, with Northrop subsidiary SpaceLogistics working with the Defense Advanced Research Project ...Read more

California and 19 other attorneys generals are suing the Environmental Protection Agency for reversing action on high-polluting refrigerants.

President Donald Trump announced in May that grocery stories and air conditioning companies would get several more years to phase out hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs, a class of very climate-damaging ...Read more

Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country’s two largest reservoirs, have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record, a grim marker in the deepening water crisis across seven states that depend on the Colorado River.

The two reservoirs are now lower than the previous record in 2023, researchers say.

“It’s a hell of a milestone,” said...Read more

Why would a young Republican back solar power but reject a carbon tax? Why would two Democrats agree that climate change is real but split over a policy that would charge households more if they exceeded a monthly limit on energy use?

Those patterns may go against the partisan rhetoric of our times, but they reflect the reality that ...Read more

Remember when planning a summer day meant glancing out the window to see if it might rain?

Summer now comes with a checklist. What’s the temperature? What’s the heat index? Is there a thunderstorm coming? What’s the air quality index? Is wildfire smoke drifting in from Canada? Should the kids bring swimsuits or stay inside? Will tonight�...Read more

From my desk in London, I’ve watched Los Angeles with a jolt of recognition. As dangerous heat settles over the city, it’s opening more than a hundred cooling centers and running air-conditioned buses to reach people with nowhere cool to go. It’s a life-saving response to a growing problem. It’s also a quiet admission: For many Angelenos...Read more