Science
Lawrence Livermore supercomputer is crowned world’s speediest
"El Capitan" takes top spot in global supercomputer race, helping tackle daunting challenges in national security and science.
Mood lighting: How colors, brightness and timing can have huge impacts on everyday life
Used carefully, light can help design our living spaces and shape our emotions.
Amazon deforestation drops by 31% compared to last year
The Amazon, an area twice the size of India, holds the world's largest rainforest, about two-thirds of it within Brazil. It stores vast amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that causes climate change.
There’s a hidden white tower in the Palo Alto hills used to study the sun
Hidden in plain sight at one of the Peninsula's most popular hiking destinations is a geometrically funky white tower where scientists have been quietly collecting measurements of the sun for nearly 50 years.