If you had the Black Death or bubonic plague on your 2020 bingo card, you can click this space now. A resident of South Lake Tahoe has tested positive for the human plague, the first case in California in five years. The person, “an adventurous walker,” may have been bitten …

Coldteam project team, from left: Lea Ruefenacht, Kian Wee Chen, Eric Teitelbaum, Forrest Meggers, Kipp Bradford and Adam Rysanek. Credit: Nicholas Houchois Many people beat the summer heat by cranking the air conditioning. However, air conditioners guzzle power and emit millions of tons of carbon dioxide every day. They are …

ARLINGTON, Texas – A day after sparking a debate about baseball over unwritten rules, when to swing, when not to swing, and all the stands in between, San Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. went 2-for-5 with a run and a stolen base as the Padres outscored the Rangers, 6-4, Tuesday. Tatis …

The ever-impressive Taylor Swift has released even more new music, following last month’s eight studio album Folklore. The singer, 30, took to her Instagram on Tuesday to announce that the deluxe edition of the album is available to stream or download, and that it has a bonus track titled The …

Intel Ice Lake processors tile a silicon wafer. Stephen Shankland / CNET Moore’s law, the observation that the number of transistors on a computer chip doubles every 24 months, has taken a toll when miniature power drops. But chip giant Intel has taken a course to keep the idea alive …