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Planetary Radio Live: Science, Nature and Music
The Planetary Society presents an evening at the crossroads of science, nature and music. Host Mat Kaplan and Bill Nye the Science Guy welcome singer/songwriter Peter Mayer.
100-year-old LA Port pier to become modern marine research center
Mayor Villaraigosa and Port of L.A. officials announced plans for the 28-acre campus — situated at the Port of L.A.'s City Dock No. 1.
Superior Court judge rules Exide's Vernon plant can reopen
A judge has ruled that a battery recycling plant in Vernon can reopen despite being closed by the state as a public health threat.
VIDEO: NASA names future Mars mission candidates
Eight candidates — half of them women — were chosen from among 6,000 applicants, the second largest pool in history, according to NASA.
UCLA: Climate change will cut snow 40 percent by mid-century
A UCLA used global climate models to project huge drops in the LA region’s snowfall on low-elevation mountains within 30 years, whether humans cut carbon or not.
Supreme Court leaves main part of Port of LA's Clean Trucks Program alone
The Supreme Court's opinion won't end the Clean Trucks Program, but it won't make LA's model for cleaning up air pollution seem attractive to other public ports.
Supreme Court overturns part of Port of LA smog plan (Full decision)
The port tried to restrict the types of trucks that can haul goods at its terminals, but justices struck down part of the Clean Trucks Program. Read the whole decision here.
Sunshine, lollipops, and chromospheres: NASA prepares to launch IRIS into the sun
In a hangar at Vandenberg Air Force Base, a solar observatory named IRIS is preparing for launch.
PUC set to decide whether to put big transmission lines under Chino Hills
The Public Utilities Commission is set to decide in July whether Edison should place high-voltage transmission lines underground through part of Chino Hills.
Norway gives companies licenses to drill for oil, gas in Arctic
Norway has given companies new licenses to explore and drill for oil and gas off its coast, mainly in the Barents Sea in the Arctic region.
Black bears in San Gabriels descended from Yosemite 'troublemakers'
The devil-may-care bears of the San Gabriel Mountains: "It's not a bear problem, it's a people problem." (BLACK BEAR SAFETY TIPS)
Vernon battery plant owner files for bankruptcy protection
Exide Technologies' stock has dropped to pennies over the last year as declining scrap metal values, tough competition and regulatory troubles battered the company.
Is DWP's large-scale solar program working?
Six months in to the LA Department of Water and Power’s “feed-in tariff” solar power program, the jury’s still out about whether the program’s working.
Three lawsuits to block BNSF's port-to-rail transfer project
The Natural Resources Defense Council and the City of Long Beach long threatened suits over the BNSF-backed project. Air regulators have now filed a complaint too.
LA's Natural History Museum wants you to be a scientist (Photos)
The Natural History Museum will unveil their new Nature Gardens and learning lab this weekend. It is part of the museum's 100th anniversary celebration.
