LA Times - Science

Wednesday th 19th of November 2014

One's occupation helps determine brainpower into old age, study says - 20:00

Banking industry culture primes for cheating, study suggests - 20:00

Mouth to mouth: Kissing transfers 80 million bacteria, scientists say - 15:00

Tuesday th 18th of November 2014

Stress reaction may be in your dad's DNA, study finds - 21:00

Virus may be responsible for the wasting away of thousands of sea stars - 18:50

Ebola patient who died had received ZMapp late in his treatment - 13:00

Oxygen chambers helped treat concussions, but so did placebo treatment - 13:00

Shocking altruism? People will pay to reduce others' pain, study says - 00:01

Monday th 17th of November 2014

Working while others sleep? Obesity may be a higher risk; here's why - 21:30

Sunday th 16th of November 2014

This video game can help seniors get into college - 20:31

Saturday th 15th of November 2014

New dust-busting method ends L.A.'s longtime feud with Owens Valley - 11:00

Friday th 14th of November 2014

"Hah!" Giant river otters are real chatterboxes, scientists find - 23:00

Scientists use Wikipedia search data to forecast spread of flu - 12:30

Philae lander is drilling into its new comet home - 11:00

Thursday th 13th of November 2014

Giant storms on gassy Uranus have astronomers scratching their heads - 21:30

FDA panel considers lifting ban on blood donations by gay men - 21:30

One in five U.S. high school students use tobacco, CDC says - 18:40

Lightning will increase with climate change, study predicts - 18:40

Ebola drug trials starting in West Africa as early as December - 15:00

Stable Philae lander sends back first images from surface of comet - 12:30

Wednesday th 12th of November 2014

Is there a genetic path to despair repair? - 23:20

European spacecraft lands on comet, with a bounce - 23:20

Lab contamination ruins many microbiome studies, researchers say - 22:20

Western diet's spread bad for health, climate? It doesn't have to happen - 22:20

U.S. Army tries to identify soldiers most likely to commit suicide - 22:20

How realistic are the U.S.-China climate change goals? - 20:00

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service sued over Mexican gray wolf recovery plan - 13:30

U.S. is now Ebola-free, and the panic is gone as well - 02:01

Tuesday th 11th of November 2014

Should life insurance firms have access to your genetic test results? - 22:30

When cervical cancer is common, HPV vaccination usually isn't, study finds - 20:00

Could plasma-surfing electrons star in future particle accelerators? - 20:00

Sci-fi meets wi-fi in a mind over gene experiment - 18:30

Rosetta is about to drop a spacecraft on a comet: What could go wrong? - 15:30

Trouble swallowing pills? You're probably doing it wrong, study says - 14:00

Infant and fetus burial offers clues to ice age settlement - 03:30

Monday th 10th of November 2014

Semi-domesticated? House cats not far removed from wild, genome shows - 22:00

Underwater 'storms' may hold key to melting Antarctic ice - 22:00

Candy-like laundry pods pose poisoning threat to kids, doctors warn - 16:00

Regular pot smokers have shrunken brains, study says - 16:00

For Rosetta mission's scientists, the thrill is in the comet chase - 10:30

Heat, drought worsen smog in California, stalling decades of progress - 10:30

Sunday th 9th of November 2014

Amazing animals: Bats use sonar jamming to steal food - 13:30

Will renewable energy ruin an 'irreplaceable' Mojave desert oasis? - 13:30

Friday th 7th of November 2014

NASA dazzled, puzzled by comet Siding Spring data - 21:30

Hitting less in football practice: a new mantra for young athletes - 21:30

Exide ordered to clean up homes tainted by battery plant - 12:30

Gov. Jerry Brown, students decry proposed UC tuition hikes - 00:00

Thursday th 6th of November 2014

When obesity is an inherited trait, maybe gut bacteria is the link - 22:00

ALMA telescope spies a solar system in process of being born - 16:30

Declining in older adults, colorectal cancer jumps in the young - 16:01