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Northern elephant seals can go long stretches with only small naps. Then they crash once they're on shore.

Think you're tired? This animal goes for months with only two hours of sleep a day

Scientists have learned that northern elephant seals — massive creatures found along the Pacific Coast of North America — cobble together a couple hours of sleep using underwater power naps.

This imagery from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows the debris blasted from the surface of Dimorphos 285 hours after NASA's DART spacecraft smashed into the asteroid's surface.

Astronomers still have their eyes on that asteroid NASA whacked

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test slammed a spacecraft into an asteroid, directly altering its path through space. Scientists are still studying the space rock to learn more.

Gov. Spencer Cox signs two social media regulation bills during a ceremony at the Capitol building in Salt Lake City on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Cox signed a pair of measures that aim to limit when and where children can use social media and stop companies from luring kids to the sites.

Utah's new social media law means children will need approval from parents

The restrictions passed through Utah's Republican-supermajority Legislature reflect how politicians' perceptions of technology companies are changing — and that includes pro-business Republicans.

Members of the Abayudaya Jewish community of Uganda engage in the ritual of burning leavened foods before the Jewish holiday of Passover. There are some 2,500 Abayudaya Jews in the country. In the past they have faced persecution for their beliefs but are steadfast in their commitment to Judaism.

Why is this Passover different for me? A Ugandan Jew gave me new insights

An American rabbi reflects on his online friendship with Jacob, a member of Uganda's Abayudaya Jewish community — and what he has learned from their conversations.

Mezzo soprano Sarah-Nicole Carter performs as Berta in "The Barber of Seville" in the 2018 Utah Festival of Opera and Musical Theater.

Two years of performance in the COVID-19 pandemic, part 1: 'You're classified as a superspreader'

In the first of a three-part series exploring two years of the COVID-19 pandemic on the performing arts industry, we look at classical performance through the eyes of a chorus, a ballet dancer, an opera singer and a music teacher.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria is shown at a press conference in San Diego, Calif. Feb. 23, 2023. Gloria told reporters that he is directing city workers to repair streets seven days a week.

California's Big City Mayors announce support for mental health reform laws

The California Big City Mayors, a bipartisan coalition of mayors of the state's 13 most populous cities, offered its full support of two bills authored by Sen. Susan Talamantes Eggman (D-Stockton) intended to "make it easier for severely mentally ill people to get the help they need."

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. prepares to bat during the fifth inning of a spring training baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds, March 8, 2023, in Peoria, Ariz. On Thursday, April 20, in downtown Phoenix, Tatis will be announced as the leadoff hitter for the Padres and settle into a batter's box in the big leagues for the first time since the end of the 2021 season.

Padres hope Tatis brings energy, maturity when PED ban ends

On Thursday night at Arizona, Fernando Tatis Jr. will be announced as the leadoff hitter for the San Diego Padres and settle into a big league batter’s box for the first time since the last game of the 2021 season.

Detail of Fernando Casasempere's "Earth Books," shown in a May 1, 2022 photo at the San Diego Museum of Art.

5 works of art to see in San Diego in May

On our must-see list this month: visual art by Andrea Chung at MCASD La Jolla, Shinpei Takeda at Oceanside Museum of Art, Fernando Casasempere at San Diego Museum of Art, Cheryl Sorg at Mesa College Art Gallery and Mark di Suvero at Tasende Gallery.

One of the boomboxes in Boomboxxchuck's collection in this image taken February 8, 2022.

Blast from the past: The boombox lives on in San Diego

Old-school tech is new-school style for local boombox collector.

FILE - San Diego Padres' Manny Machado follows through on an RBI-double during the third inning in Game 2 of a baseball NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Oct. 12, 2022, in Los Angeles. Machado has agreed to a new $350 million, 11-year contract that will keep him with the San Diego Padres through 2033, according to a person with knowledge of the deal, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023.

AP source: Machado, Padres agree to new $350M, 11-year deal

A person with knowledge of the deal says All-Star slugger Manny Machado has agreed to a new $350 million, 11-year contract that will keep him with the San Diego Padres through 2033.

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