A Perseid meteor caught on camera during the 2021 Perseids meteor shower.(NASA/Bill Ingalls)

How to See This Summer's Perseids and Delta Aquariids Meteor Showers

The annual Perseids meteor shower, which peaks this year on August 13, is joined by the overlapping Delta Aquariids shower, offering a two-for-one meteor viewing opportunity in a dark sky near you.

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Crowds gather to enjoy the warm weather and ocean waves at Stinson Beach in Marin County on Oct. 16, 2020. (Jessica Christian/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Bay Area Weather: How to Stay Cool and Safe in the Next California Heat Wave

Another California heat wave is about to hit the Bay Area, and anyone's health can be at risk when the weather warms up. Here are the safety tips everyone should know.

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Image of a California condor captured by a wildfire camera on Kern County's Blue Mountain, July 18, 2023. The camera depicted as many as 10 condors visiting the site. The species was declared endangered in 1967 and was near extinction in the 1980s when the handful of remaining wild birds were captured for a captive breeding program. About 350 free-flying California condors are in flocks in California, Utah, Arizona and northern Mexico. (Courtesy ALERTCalifornia/UC San Diego)

Critically Endangered, but Not Shy: Camera Spots Bunch of Condors Just Hanging Out

As many as 10 California condors made an appearance on an online wildfire camera positioned in the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of Bakersfield.

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The Lawrence Hall of Science

Grab the spotlight and rock out as you uncover the math and science behind musical melodies, beats, harmonies, and more. Visit The Lawrence Hall of Science's hands-on exhibition, Making Music: Math and Science Out Loud and let’s make some sound waves together!

To learn more visit lawrencehallofscience.org/makingmusic.

Mosquitoes spread malaria. Now researchers hope that a gene drive technology could turn them into malaria fighters. Although not every scientist thinks it's a good idea to genetically modify a wild animal. (James Gathany/AP)

UC Irvine Researchers Use Mosquito ‘Gene Editing’ in Fight Against Malaria

Scientists have used a gene-editing technique to make mosquitos allies in the fight against malaria. Environmentalists are troubled by the idea of genetically modifying wild animals.

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Images of the neustonic life found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, including Velella (A), Porpita (B), Physalia (C), Janthina (D) and Glaucus (E). The study was published in PLOS Biology earlier this year. (Denis Riek)

Meet the Floating Animals That Call the Great Pacific Garbage Patch Home

Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ocean — so much so that there are five gigantic garbage patches in the seas. They hang out at the nexus of the world's ocean currents, changing shape with the waves.

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A squid’s face up close. Market squid skin is covered in chromatophores that expand and shrink to change the animal’s skin color or create camouflaging patterns ((Josh Cassidy/KQED)

Deep Look: The Life Aquatic

Discover fascinating ocean animals and their unusual survival tricks in Deep Look’s special playlist: “The Life Aquatic.” One of the videos, “You're Not Hallucinating, That’s Just Squid Skin,” explores how squid use camouflage to hide in plain sight in the open ocean.

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