UCSD Chancellor Fox stepping down from post
The 63-year-old chemist, who presided over a period of great growth, says she'll leave office in June 2012.
Have you seen this shark? (It's huge)
It’s the equivalent of the FBI’s most wanted notices — a dragnet by marine researchers to locate and track the ...
Video: Flying above Torrey Pines at 8 mph
Paraglider pilots could see for miles and miles Friday afternoon off Torrey Pines as light winds kept the marine layer ...
Salton Sea poses earthquake threat to Southern California
Lake hides faults that have repeatedly produced magnitude 7.0 and larger quakes.
Bighorn sheep numbers climb in Anza-Borrego
The annual July survey of bighorn sheep in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park netted the second-largest count in 41 years.
An Engineer's Life: 20 Things UCSD's Marc Meyers Has Done
He's best known for his research on explosives. But you may want to know about his run-in with poetry-hating security ...
Cash-tight city considers selling ads on beaches
San Diego once again is looking at selling some prime beachfront property — space on signs in Mission Beach Park ...
Strawberries can reduce kidney failure in diabetics
Go easy on the cream and sugar. But don't scrimp on the strawberries. Scientists at the Salk Institute say strawberries ...
Help the U-T write an old-time sci-fi radio drama
Help the Union Tribune write an old-time sci-fi radio drama by posting story ideas and dialog on this web site.
Through a Lens
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(Photo by Brad Goldpaint, via APOD) How many arches can you count in the above image? If you count both spans of the Double Arch in the Arches Nationa
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The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft is seen as it lands with Expedition 27 Commander Dmitry Kondratyev and Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli and Cady Coleman in
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NASA says, "As metropolitan areas expand in both physical area and population, they typically aggregate to form economically, politically and, to some
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Recent observations from satellites and ground stations suggest that atmospheric ozone levels for March in the Arctic were approaching the lowest leve
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Marine predators flock to California coast
After a decade of electronically tracking the Pacific Ocean’s top predators, scientists this week compared the waters off California to Africa’s Serengeti Plain, ...
San Diego launches landmark water project
Despite earlier reservations, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders on Thursday kicked off a year-long pilot project to test the feasibility of turning wastewater ...
Astronomers discover supernovae at Palomar
This type of supernovae will help researchers study star formation, distant galaxies and the early universe in new ways.
Mummy exhibit raising the dead at Museum of Man
New exhibit focuses on the science of preservation techniques.
Summer beach forecast: Average surf, more red tides
Surfline.com says cool water, windy conditions, and plankton blooms will offset periodic swells.
Union-Tribune creates weather page on Facebook
The social media site will include photos, videos and news from readers as well as Union-Tribune staff.
Video: Behind the scenes at Birch Aquarium
Union-Tribune videographer Andrew Huse shows how Birch workers operate one of the country's most popular aquariums.
Explainer: How a San Diego fighter jet produced a cloud
A look at what can happen when planes break the sound barrier.
Photographer captures vivid swarm of squid
I could see and feel hundreds of eyes trained on me. I felt as if I was being approached by a group of ...
Goodbye Holocene, hello Anthropocene
Thanks to a former scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a new phrase has been coined to reflect the modern age of ...
Judge orders more species safeguards in forests
A judge has ordered federal agencies to take more precautions for threatened and endangered creatures across national forest land in San Diego County ...
