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The XPRIZE Healthspan competition advances 20 teams testing ways to restore muscle, brain and immune function as people age.
Ten teams will receive $1 million each as an international competition to extend healthy human aging moves toward clinical trials.
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An illustration credited to Arturo Davalos that reconstructs a Late Pleistocene wetland at Rancho La Brea.
DiscoveriesExtinct ice age toad found at La Brea Tar Pits rewriting Los Angeles’ climate historyRebecca Shavit
The USC football analytics database will organize 10 years of play data to help analysts test strategies and prepare for opponents.
AIEngineering students build USC Football a smarter play-by-play archive to sharpen game strategyAmyn Bhai
UC Irvine engineers analyzed 100,000 inspections to map which California homes are most likely to be destroyed by wildfire.
Green ImpactUC Irvine’s new map predicts which California homes are most likely to burn in a wildfireAmyn Bhai
Gasoline reaches your car through drilling, refining, testing, and transport in a long industrial process.
Green ImpactHow crude oil becomes gasoline is more complex than you thinkJoseph Shavit
Reconstruction of Labrujasuchus expectatus, a new species of Shuvosauridae from Late Triassic rocks of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.
DiscoveriesTriassic fossil reveals a beaked, bipedal reptile that looked like an ostrich dinosaurHannah Shavit-Weiner
A dog at a homeless encampment in Berkeley. UC Davis researchers are investigating cases of leptospirosis in dogs in homeless encampments and providing vaccinations.
HealthLos Angeles dog outbreak reveals how a preventable bacterial disease spread in plain sightHannah Shavit-Weiner
Southern California hybrid honeybees carry far fewer Varroa mites, offering clues for healthier colonies.
Green ImpactSouthern California bees are keeping deadly mites in checkHannah Shavit-Weiner
Harm.AI says it can steer non-emergency callers to help before they get stuck in LA’s overloaded 911 system.
AILA-based AI startup looks to help ease overloaded 911 systemsAmyn Bhai
Los Angeles County is giving away free health code compliant food carts to help sidewalk vendors operate legally.
Los AngelesLA County is giving away free health code compliant food carts to help sidewalk vendors operate legallyRebecca Shavit
A new global ranking places Los Angeles at No. 12 among the world’s best cities for 2026, highlighting culture, sports and reinvention.
Los AngelesLos Angeles Ranks No. 12 Among the World’s Best CitiesRebecca Shavit
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art under construction in Exposition Park in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles$1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is set to open in September 2026Rebecca Shavit
A Los Angeles woman marks her 80th birthday by organizing volunteers to prepare hundreds of meals for those in need.
Los AngelesLos Angeles woman celebrates 80th birthday by feeding the communityRebecca Shavit
Family provided photo shows Suze Lopez, and her son, Ryu, in California in October 2025.
Los AngelesDoctors Stunned as Baby Survives Full-Term Pregnancy Beating 1-in-a Million OddsRebecca Shavit
In April 2025, after relapsing with acute myeloid leukemia, Dr. Nick Mondek received a lifesaving stem cell donation from his 10-year-old son, Stephen.
Good News10-year-old becomes youngest-ever stem cell donor – saving his father’s lifeJoseph Shavit
Researchers discovered that Los Angeles' trees absorb significantly more carbon dioxide than expected
Green ImpactLos Angeles’ trees can absorb up to 60% of daytime CO2 emissionsJoshua Shavit
Los AngelesChristian Bale is building 12 new homes to house 100’s of foster childrenJoshua Shavit