Two California-based health organizations are laying off employees, Blue Shield of California and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals announced in WARN Act filings. Layoffs at Blue Shield of California ...

In experimental animals, the chlorinated-hydrocarbon insecticides freely cross the barrier of the placenta, the traditional protective shield between ... like a slumbering volcano, only to flare ...

The layers also are extensive and not faulted. The suggestion is that this was a volcanic plateau or submarine shield volcano. It is not known whether plate tectonics in its modern form, with ...

When asked if Lassen Volcanic Center erupted would it be like Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano and Guatemala’s Fuego’s eruption, he said it wouldn’t be like either. The Lassen area is a different kind of ...

— The European Southern Observatory has announced the discovery of an incredibly brilliant quasar, which is not only the brightest of its type but also the most luminous object ever observed in space.