L.A. Times - Science

Don't blame a menopause fad. There is little incentive for pharmacy companies to ensure smooth, consistent access.

The cuts, proposed in the Trump administration's 2027 budget request to Congress, would pose further challenges to the venerable La Cañada Flintridge facility and its space missions.

After years of debate between fire officials seeking total vegetation removal within the first 5 feet of homes and ecologists backing selective landscaping, California proposed a compromise.

Researchers say in 2025 poison control centers received thousands of kratom-related calls. California's center reports similar findings.

California in 2026 has already seen its highest number of annual measles cases in seven years. The looming new domestic beachhead comes as vaccination rates have fallen.

'Dr. Pimple Popper' star Sandra Lee suffered a stroke last November while filming her popular reality show. She's still dealing with the fallout from it.

The Trump administration says it's returning U.S. science to a golden era. Critics say it's tarnished by political agendas.

A study finds that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species not involved in trade.

There are several more steps NASA must take between Artemis II and a planned moon landing in 2028. Here's what the space agency expects to do before embarking on an ambitious lunar pit stop to Mars.

Weather forecasts for Los Angeles and Southern California predict rain this weekend, which could linger through Monday. There's also a 15% to 25% chance of thunderstorms.

A recycler in Vernon melted down pallets of lead-acid car batteries for a century and there is still lead in people's yards after a decade of cleanup.

The Artemis II crew slammed into the atmosphere at more than 30 times the speed of sound, creating a fireball half as hot as the surface of the sun, before splashing down safely on our home planet.

Southern Californians might hear a sonic boom as NASA's Artemis II moon mission reenters the atmosphere off the coast of San Diego Friday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Southern Californians likely won't be able to see reentry or splashdown in person, but NASA will livestream it. Here's what you should know

Speaking from space, the Artemis II astronauts described drifting past the far side of the moon, unable to communicate with Earth.