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Depression was rising among young people in Southern California. COVID made it worse

Children, teens and young adults in Southern California had been grappling with rising rates of depression and anxiety for years before the...

Study finds Central Valley residents continually exposed to 'toxic soup' of pesticides

A recent UC Davis study found that as Central Valley residents go about their day, they regularly breathe in pesticides, including one...

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says

A new analysis of genetic material gathered from a live-animal market in Wuhan in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens...

Are tiny black holes zipping through our solar system? Scientists hope to find out.

A mind-bending hypothesis is gaining traction among scientists: The universe may be teeming with microscopic black holes the size of an atom,...

Why AI is better than humans at talking people out of their conspiracy theory beliefs

Roughly half of Americans subscribe to to some sort of conspiracy theory, and their fellow humans haven’t had much success coaxing them...

Officials confirm H5N1 bird flu outbreaks in three California dairy farms

Federal officials have confirmed that three California dairy herds have suffered outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu, due most likely to the transportation...