A new study published in Science shows that these plants—called cycads—use infrared radiation from heat as a signal to ...

The Associated Press’ most striking images from nature in 2025 show existence as fragile as an albino turtle hatchling among ...

Thanks to an extra-rainy autumn, Fresno temperatures are more frigid than usual and eight degrees colder, year-over-year. The average temperature from Dec. 1 to Dec. 10 usually sits at around 49 ...

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 ...

The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Office cited two drivers and impounded their vehicles after deputies responded to a report of an illegal street race in Patterson this week. Deputies were alerted to ...

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, ...