Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

A butterfly flaps its wings and weeks later a tornado touches down halfway around the world. Mathematician Edward Lorenz used the butterfly effect to explain chaos theory in the 1960s. Now, decades ...

Marvel has been going all out to tie in the different storylines of Avengers: Doomsday in a series of trailers that have left some fans puzzled — and now the Russo brothers have explained the ...

Authorities continue to investigate an alleged ransom note sent to the media, whose sender set a second deadline of Feb. 9 Authorities have searched the home of Annie Guthrie amid the ongoing search ...

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma gondii cysts contain multiple parasite subtypes, not just one sleeping form.

The US version of TikTok is now under the control of Larry Ellison’s Oracle and a number of investment firms. The US version of TikTok is now under the control of Larry Ellison’s Oracle and a number ...

Social media algorithms determine what billions of users see daily, yet most creators barely scratch the surface of how they operate. Platforms prioritize content ranking using engagement metrics, ...

President Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to suppress protests in Minnesota, a week after an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a 37-year-old ...

When 49ers tight end George Kittle tore his Achilles during Sunday’s playoff win over the Eagles, he became the latest San Francisco star player to suffer a major injury — and brought a viral ...