Bay Area astronaut - and 1st Native woman - leads crew to space
Nicole Mann, commander of the SpaceX Dragon, is from Petaluma and became the first Native American woman to live and stay aboard the space station.
NASA astronaut Nicole Mann makes history as first Native American woman in space
Nicole Mann, a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, is headed to the International Space Station as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission.
Watch: Video shows 1st detailed evidence of killer whales hunting sharks in South Africa
“Killer whales are highly intelligent and social animals. Their group hunting methods make them incredibly effective predators,” researchers said.
Dozens of sea lions sickened by domoic acid poisoning
The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito said it has been treating and releasing dozens of sea lions that had been affected by an outbreak of domoic acid poisoning.
Proposal to withhold funding from Monterey Bay Aquarium over lobsters
A congressman and senator from Maine want to withhold federal money from the Monterey Bay Aquarium because the aquarium has recommended that people avoid buying lobster from their state. The aquarium runs "Seafood Watch," a conservation group that advises people on which fish to buy, or avoid, based on sustainability.
SpaceX launches NASA, Japanese, Russian astronaut crew from Florida
Four astronauts from three countries launched on Wednesday with SpaceX on a six-month mission to the International Space Station.
Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to trio for 'snapping molecules together'
Americans Carolyn R. Bertozzi and K. Barry Sharpless and Danish scientist Morten Meldal were cited for developing a way of attaching molecules that can be used to design better medicines.
Mountain lion caught on camera in Livermore backyard
Livermore police said there was a mountain lion in someone's backyard Monday morning.
Asteroid slammed by NASA spacecraft has debris trail over 6,000 miles long
Astronomers captured the scene millions of miles away with a telescope in Chile, showing an expanding, comet-like tail after the asteroid impact.
FAA orders airlines to give flight attendants more rest
The rule goes into effect in 30 days, and airlines have up to 90 days to comply.
Bay Area scientist wins Nobel Prize in physics
Bay Area scientist John Clauser won the Nobel Prize in physics.
VIDEO: Coyote sneaks into bathroom at Riverside area middle school
The coyote snuck into the school Monday morning before classes, was captured and released.
Nobel Prize in physics awarded to 3 scientists for work on quantum information
Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger were cited by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for "pioneering quantum information science.”
Nobel prize in medicine awarded to Svante Paabo for research on evolution
Swedish scientist Svante Paabo and his team found that gene flow occurred from Neanderthals to Homo sapiens, "demonstrating that they had children together during periods of co-existence."
Photos: NASA's Juno spacecraft flies by Jupiter moon Europa, closest in years
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made the closest approach to Jupiter’s tantalizing, icy moon Europa in more than 20 years.
Bear escapes after destroying an SUV while trapped for hours
A Peninsula woman got the surprise of her life when a bear came running out of her SUV while she was on a weekend getaway in Gold Country. She said the animal spent six or seven hours trapped in her SUV before it escaped back into nature.
Direct impact: NASA's DART spacecraft successfully slams into asteroid
The DART mission is humanity's first-ever attempt to change the motion of an asteroid in space by intentionally crashing a spacecraft into it.
NASA's Artemis I launch delayed again because of tropical forecast
NASA has scrubbed Tuesday’s launch of the Artemis I moon rocket as Florida prepares for a potentially major hurricane.
Fetuses can react to taste, smell while inside the womb, study says
Pregnant women were given either a kale capsule or a carrot capsule to test the fetus’ reaction.
There are more ants on Earth than the combined total of birds, mammals, study finds
There are an estimated 20 quadrillion ants on the planet. That’s more than the number of birds and mammals, including humans, on Earth -- combined.