San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess with her firetrucks(latimes.com)

105 points by tafda 3 years ago | 99 comments

Warren Buffett steps down as Berkshire Hathaway CEO after six decades(latimes.com)

654 points by ValentineC 9 months ago | 499 comments

Los Angeles Times business article reporting Warren Buffett stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway after six decades.

Hollywood is on strike because CEOs fell for Silicon Valley’s magical thinking(latimes.com)

112 points by supertimor 3 years ago | 78 comments

California moves to decriminalize use of magic mushrooms, other psychedelics(latimes.com)

164 points by voisin 3 years ago | 160 comments

The man who didn’t invent Flamin’ Hot Cheetos (2021)(latimes.com)

135 points by wallflower 3 years ago | 109 comments

SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading(latimes.com)

194 points by 1vuio0pswjnm7 3 months ago | 139 comments

Citing 'severe' math deficits, UC faculty demand a return to SAT tests for STEM(latimes.com)

596 points by brandonb 5 months ago | 794 comments

LA Times article reporting that University of California faculty, citing severe math deficits, are demanding a return to SAT requirements for STEM applicants.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai(nobelprize.org)

291 points by sasvari 19 days ago | 55 comments

Official Nobel Prize press release from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announcing the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai.

AI use leads UC Berkeley math professor to see 'no point' in grading homework(dailycal.org)

197 points by romanhn 1 day ago | 305 comments

Daily Californian article reporting that UC Berkeley Fields medalist Richard Borcherds stopped grading homework because widespread student AI use made it pointless.

Alzheimer’s cases tied to no-longer-used medical procedure(statnews.com)

474 points by leeny 2 years ago | 204 comments

STAT News article reporting scientists documenting the first transmitted Alzheimer's cases, linked to past treatment with cadaver-derived human growth hormone.

Aging may be a program, not a breakdown(quantamagazine.org)

33 points by elo2000 1 month ago | 36 comments

Quanta Magazine Q&A with Junyue Cao on single-cell studies of mouse cells suggesting aging is a programmed remodeling of cell populations rather than random wear.

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman(nobelprize.org)

520 points by OskarS 3 years ago | 314 comments

Official Nobel Prize press release announcing the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for mRNA vaccine discoveries.