'Uncharted territory' as brewing El Niño, roasting oceans, heat bring risk for California, planet

Scientists are raising alarms over the planet's warming oceans, which — coupled with a strong El Niño — could increase ...

Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah’s automated refill program

A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big medical debate: Is ...

Larger brain, smaller face: Human evolution took a different course than previously thought

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in human evolution—brain growth and the reduction in the size of the face and ...