Heavy winter rains and rising temperatures have sparked an early mosquito surge across Los Angeles County, creating ideal breeding conditions and raising concerns about virus-carrying species this spring.

Walking backwards for 15 minutes a day can relieve back pain and plantar fasciitis. Experts reveal the health benefits.

The first time a child refuses to go to school, it can feel confusing — maybe even a little annoying. But when this pattern goes on for days, weeks or months, it can disrupt entire family systems and impact the mental health of the whole family unit. Advice such as “just be firmer,” or “maybe they just need more time,” is often well-intentioned, but it rarely addresses the heart of the issue.

According to January visitation numbers, about 21,000 fewer travelers arrived from Canada compared to the same month last year.

Economists say the rising price of oil due to military conflict in Iran has impacts beyond driving up the cost of fuel.

The data can be viewed on the Clark County School District Police website, which compiles data from all law enforcement agencies. The data tracks students going to or from school, Monday through Friday, during the hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Out of 285 students struck by cars this year, 131 incidents involved students on e-devices. That’s compared to only 9 recorded incidents involving e-devices last year.

Federal crash statistics show that distracted driving was a factor in about eight percent of all fatal crashes nationwide in recent years.

When neuroscientists began studying consciousness in the early 1990s, they sought to explain how and why three pounds of spongy grey matter could generate a subjective point of view—assuming that the brain is the source of our felt reality. Pollan takes us to the cutting edge of the field, where scientists are entertaining more radical (and less materialist) theories of consciousness. He introduces us to “plant neurobiologists” searching for the first flicker of consciousness in plants; scientists striving to engineer feelings into AI, and psychologists and novelists seeking to capture the felt experience of our slippery stream of consciousness.