Los Angeles Times4 days agoSpaceX Starship successfully blasts off on third test flightverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Laurence Darmiento, Samantha MasunagaThe third test flight of the SpaceX rocket that is intended to take humans back to the moon and someday to Mars blasted off successfully Thursday morning. The Starship rocket lifted off from the company’s Boca Chica, Texas, launchpad at roughly 6:25 a.m. PDT, with all 33 of the Raptor rockets on the …
Los Angeles Times4 days agoPresence of parasite that’s deadly for dogs now confirmed in California: Signs to watch forverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Andrew J. CampaFor five years, an elusive tormentor of animals hid from authorities in east Riverside County as 10 dogs were injured and another killed. The victims hailed from Los Angeles, Riverside and Orange counties, while the suspect maintained a strong alibi: It had never visited California. It took …
Los Angeles Times5 days ago11% of high school seniors report using delta-8 THC, advertised as 'legal' form of cannabisverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Emily Alpert ReyesA molecular lookalike of the intoxicating compound found in marijuana has become popular among teens in the United States, especially in areas where marijuana use is illegal, a new study shows. More than 11% of high school seniors who took part in a national survey last spring said they had used …
Los Angeles TimesMore parents are delaying their kids’ vaccines, and it’s alarming pediatriciansverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Jenny GoldAs measles cases pop up across the country this winter — including several in California — one group of children is stirring deep concerns among pediatricians: the babies and toddlers of vaccine-hesitant parents who are delaying their child’s measles-mumps-rubella shots. Pediatricians across the …
Los Angeles TimesMicroplastics may be new risk factor for cardiovascular disease, researchers sayverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Susanne RustAdd one more likely culprit to the long list of known cardiovascular risk factors including red meat, butter, smoking and stress: microplastics. In a study released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, an international team of physicians and researchers showed that surgical patients who …
Los Angeles TimesOpinion: Mars rocks are a science prize the U.S. can’t afford to loseverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - By Paul Byrne and Vicky HamiltonNASA does difficult, inspiring and ambitious things — and it does them, in the immortal words of President Kennedy, because they are hard. NASA’s most ambitious planetary project yet is Mars Sample Return, a partnership with the European Space Agency to robotically collect and bring back to Earth …