“Bugonia” refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees could spawn spontaneously from dead cow carcasses, and that cow dung was beneficial to the hive. It’s a myth, of course, but that didn’t stop ...

In the Peruvian Amazon, a tiny pollinator gains legal standing—and reshapes conservation.

Gardening isn’t just about trimming hedges and planting petunias anymore. Somewhere between the buzzing of bees and the hum ...

In the parking lot of Pitman High School on Tuesday, undercover Sheriff’s Office detectives arrested a Keyes man on suspicion of sex crimes against a minor. Jaspal Singh, 36, was arrested by the ...

Third-place winner Marie Smith and first-place winner Akshara Thummala during the 2025 Merced County Spelling Bee competition, held at the MCOE Downtown Center on Dec. 9 Merced County Office of ...

The Museum of Modern Art, in collaboration with Cinecittà Studios in Rome, has organized a retrospective of films dedicated to “the man who made creatures,” Carlos Rambaldi (1925-2012). MOMA curator ...

In the quest for better sleep, you can splurge on the plushest mattress and the darkest blackout curtains. But one of the most effective (and free) ways to get deeper rest, better daytime energy, and ...

For the third time in history, NASA has observed an interstellar traveler passing through our solar system. Multiple US and international observatories captured Comet 3IATLAS since its July 1 ...

A 3.2-magnitude earthquake rattled the San Ramon area in Northern California, the latest in a series of small quakes, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The almost 6-mile deep quake hit about 2 1/2 ...

NASA's highly anticipated comet 3I/ATLAS images have been released, with a space agency official shooting down alien rumors and stressing that the interstellar visitor is a comet. When you purchase ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (Reuters) - NASA released fresh images on Wednesday of the interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a comet probably even older than our solar system, ...