Dreamliner woes put spotlight on lithium ion battery risks

Chances are the same kind of battery that twice caught fire in Boeing 787 Dreamliners in recent weeks is in your pocket at this very moment.

A backyard nuclear shelter? Yes, paranoia does sell

One sterling quality of American businesses is that they'll try to make money from anything.

EPA proposes compromise on Navajo Generating Station's emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing regulations to reduce emissions from the massive Navajo Generating Station by as much as...

Fecal transplants successful in treating intestinal ailment

A new study has found that an infusion of feces from a healthy person into an ailing patient's gut was significantly more effective than a...

Bat-killing fungus found at Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park

A fungus that has killed roughly 6 million bats in North America and Canada has now been found for the first time in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave...

California agency says U.S. removed wildlife habitat without permit

A state regulatory agency Wednesday said the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to obtain a required permit before it removed 43 acres of...

Ken Salazar stepping down as Interior secretary

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Wednesday that he would leave his post at the end of March, ending a contentious...

San Diego Zoo, Audubon pair up to help save animals

SAN DIEGO — Two organizations known for their work in saving imperiled species agreed Tuesday to build a breeding center that will...

L.A. County supervisors defer vote on storm water cleanup fee

Facing overwhelming opposition to a proposed parcel fee to clean up storm water pollution, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors...

Many researchers taking a different view of pedophilia

As a young boy, Paul Christiano loved the world of girls — the way they danced, how their spindly bodies tumbled in gymnastics.

Saving this dinosaur took a skeleton crew

The urgent message went well beyond Robert Painter's usual areas of legal expertise — personal injury, commercial disputes, medical...

DNA study sheds light on aboriginal Australians' heritage

When modern humans left Africa as far back as 70,000 years ago, they dispersed across the world, reaching Australia 50,000 to 40,000 years...

Ferret activist is taking his cause to the top — Obama

LA MESA, Calif. — To Pat Wright, his beloved Fausto, Bailey and Tiger are smart, impish and endlessly entertaining, a counterbalance...

Climate assessment delivers a grim overview

WASHINGTON — The impacts of climate change driven by human activity are spreading through the United States faster than had been...

California avoids worst of flu, but probably not for long

California public health officials are bracing for an increase in new flu patients in the coming weeks as the influenza outbreak that has...