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Watching Your State Go Up in Flames

Experiencing how climate change erases the place that define us...

An explanation of why you’re seeing two different numbers...

Boozy learning moments don’t have to involve drunk texts...

Or: How to convince your conspiracy-minded friends that their microwave will not give them cancer, kill nutrients or spy on them....

It’s a rare, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Here’s a guide to why, how and where to see the August 21, 2017, total solar eclipse....

At Lick Observatory, east of San Jose, laser spotters stay up all night, stare at the sky and hope they don’t have to hit the kill switch....

If you peeked your head in at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park on October 20, you would’ve...

Coined by astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson, a “henge” occurs when the sunset aligns precisely with the street grid....

By Tyler Willis San Francisco has played home to smart misfits for decades. The City by the Bay has a...

By Sierra Hartman If you’ve missed the last two lunar eclipses, AKA, Blood Moons, the one this weekend could...

Editor's note in 2025: This map no longer loads via GitHub/Google Maps, but the link to see...

By Peter Lawrence Kane The Census just released some fun factoids about young adults in San Francisco, giving us some...