Your Top Science Stories for this Week
| | | It's a little-known oddity about the changing climate: overnight low temperatures are rising faster than daytime highs. That's not good news for the fire season. | | |
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| | | Fifteen to 20 percent of the population carry the gene that causes acute emotional pain in response to social rejection. Will a genetic test to reveal the gene offer validation or hopelessness? | | |
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| | | Starbucks announced this week that it plans to eliminate plastic straws from its 28,000 stores worldwide by 2020. | | |
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| | | On June 6, NASA's Dawn spacecraft zoomed into an orbit around Ceres 10 times closer than ever before. | | |
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| | | Officials and residents worry the loss of power during dangerous weather could further threaten public safety. | | |
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| | | A new study provides fresh evidence that the first dogs of North America all but disappeared after the arrival of Europeans. | | |
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| | | Come discover the sights, sounds, and smells of the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Enjoy the "Twilight Marsh Walk," a guided 1.5-mile tour and see the changes up close that occur in nature when night falls. July 14 at 7:30-9:15pm, and Aug 4 at 7:00-8:45 pm. Reservations required. | | |
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