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L.A.'s mountain lions become more nocturnal to avoid people. Does it come at a cost?
Griffith Park’s late celebrity mountain lion P-22 took the night shift to avoid hordes of hikers, bikers and dawdlers who frequented his...
Are famous people more likely to die at 27, or does dying at 27 make them more famous?
Their deaths have fueled the notion that 27 is a lethal age for musicians and other notable artists.Amy Winehouse, the iconoclastic singer-songwriter,...
As Musk seeks to launch tens of thousands of Starlink satellites, space researchers urge caution
Over 100 space researchers signed a letter urging the federal government to perform an environmental review before allowing SpaceX to continue launching...
Study: Severe COVID raised risk of heart attack, stroke as much as having heart disease
People hospitalized for COVID-19 early in the pandemic suffered an increased risk of serious “cardiac events” such as heart attacks and strokes...
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...