SpaceX launches ants, avocados, robot to space station
A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm rocketed toward the International Space Station on Sunday. The delivery — due to arrive Monday — is the company’s
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Climate change be damned. More Americans are moving to high-risk areas
Seventeen years ago, when Adriana Nichols moved from New York City to Los Angeles, she had a simple wish list: natural light (her New York studio apartment was dark), a
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FDA cautions against off-label use of Pfizer vaccine in younger children
Even though the US Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, and it remains authorized for people as young as
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San Jose Launches COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate for City Employees
The city of San Jose starting Monday required all city employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to a weekly test. The move comes amid increasing numbers of COVID-19
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What FDA’s Full Approval for Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Means
This full approval is essentially permanent. The licensing process requires companies to provide the FDA with information on how and where the product is made, as well as other clinical
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Elon Musk unveils humanoid robot to take over ‘boring’ work
As Elon Musk stood in the wings at Tesla Inc.’s AI day, a person dressed in a skintight white suit and grey space helmet did a jerky robot dance across
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California expands vaccine proof order to indoor events of 1,000 or more
California health officials Wednesday said they will expand the requirement for vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test for those attending large indoor events as the state continues to battle rising
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Some Bay Area Counties Considering Indoor Mask Mandates as COVID-19 Cases Rise
Several Bay Area counties are considering reinstating an indoor mask mandate due to the increasing COVID-19 infections from the delta variant. David Canepa, the president of the San Mateo County
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Boy Dies From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Northern California
A child infected with an extremely rare brain-eating amoeba while swimming in a Northern California lake died in a hospital, his family confirmed Friday. David Pruitt, 7, of Tehama County,
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Hydrogen-powered vehicles: A realistic path to clean energy?
Each morning at a transit facility in Canton, Ohio, more than a dozen buses pull up to a fueling station before fanning out to their routes in this city south
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