Science

A total lunar eclipse will occur on Sunday evening, and as a full moon plunges into the Earth’s dark inner shadow, its surface will turn a dark, rusty red. For this reason, lunar eclipses are often called blood moons.  The view from the San Francisco Bay Area will be unusual …

Summary: Anti-inflammatories may relieve pain in the short term, but blocking inflammation can lead to longer-term chronic pain, a new study reports. Source: McGill University Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from McGill University and colleagues in …

The days are ticking away before NASA’s massive new observatory shows us the cosmos as we’ve never seen it before. The James Webb Space Telescope is powering through a complicated six-month commissioning period. With just a few more weeks of work to go, NASA and its partners released an update …

Of course, just because research is published in a journal instead of a preprint server doesn’t mean it’s inherently risk-free. But it does mean that any glaring dangers are more likely to be picked up in the reviewing process. “The key difference, really, between journals and the preprint server is …

The first modern-style code ever executed on a computer was written in the 1940s by a woman named Klára Dán von Neumann—or Klári to her family and friends. And the historic program she wrote was used to develop thermonuclear weapons. In this season, we peer into a fascinating moment in the …

After having to scrap the event in 2020 and then going virtual i 2021, the San Francisco International Film Festival returns to an in-person experience for its 65th anniversary of celebrating the finest of indie global filmmaking. And what a return. SFFILM 2022 is serving up a head-spinning slate of …

Messenger RNA (mRNA) technology, which continues to play a key role in the ongoing fight against Covid-19, represents one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs of our time. The widespread effectiveness of mRNA-based vaccines has attracted considerable attention to the prospect of mRNA technology serving as a platform that can …

While there are cooking techniques and tips that have stood the test of time, there are also morsels of advice that you should take with a pinch of salt. We polled chefs, cookbook authors, and industry professionals about common cooking techniques that are better left in the past. Some are …

In his first State of the Union, the President will outline a unity agenda consisting of policy where there has historically been support from both Republicans and Democrats, and call on Congress to send bills to his desk to deliver progress for the American people.  As part of this unity …

SACRAMENTO – With declining case rates and hospitalizations across the West, California, Oregon and Washington are moving together to update their masking guidance. After 11:59 p.m. on March 11, California, Oregon and Washington will adopt new indoor mask policies and move from mask requirements to mask recommendations in schools. State policies …