60° OvercastUC San Diego Opens Center Devoted To Studying Imagination
UC San Diego has created an innovative academic program called the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination.
Honeybees: The New Secret Weapon In Detecting Land Mines? (Video)
- May 21
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It's better to bee safe than to bee sorry. That's the attitude of a group of Croatian researchers who are training honeybees to detect the thousands of buried land mines hidden all over the Balkan country.
In 'Stung,' Researcher Connects Jellyfish Blooms To Doomed Oceans
In her new book, "Stung," researcher Lisa-ann Gershwin Ph.D., compares jellyfish to an angel of death whose presence in the ocean is causing destruction, death and disruption. And she says humans are contributing to the problem.
Obama Urges San Diegans To 'Call Out' Rep. Duncan Hunter On Climate Change Denial
- May 20
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Along with dozens of other Republican lawmakers, a local member of Congress is under fire from President Obama's non-profit over his global warming beliefs.
Roundtable: Cancer in Jail; Sea Wall Lawsuits; Frogs With Fungus; Mice With Alzheimer's; Undocumented Millions
- May 17
- Midday Edition
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A woman dying in Las Colinas jail would be released if she were in prison. Homeowners atop the Solana Beach bluffs may sue the city. The decision to import African Clawed Frogs decades ago having dire consequences now. The landscape of undocumented immigrants in California and the nation is complex.
Fungus-Spreading Frogs Could 'Wipe Out' California Amphibians
- May 17
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The San Diego Zoo's resident frog disease expert worries that a fungus carried by invasive frogs could make most of California's amphibians simply disappear.
Qualcomm's Matt Grob Talks Wireless Technology And Healthcare On White House Series
- May 17
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Better wireless technology helps us play more games and stream more movies on our smartphones, but Qualcomm's executive vice president, Matt Grob points to another area for its use.
NASA's Planet-Hunting Kepler Telescope Shut Down Because Of Technical Difficulties
- May 15
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For the last four years, the Kepler space telescope has been searching for distant relatives of the Earth. Today, NASA announced that their planet-hunting spacecraft is no longer able to keep up that search.
Salk Researchers Halt The Progression Of Alzheimer's In Very Old Mice
- May 14
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Researchers at the Salk Institute are making progress on a compound that they believe could potentially stop Alzheimer's disease in its tracks. To show just how promising their drug candidate is, they put it through unusually hard experiments.
Adapting To The New Reality Of Increased Wildfire Danger
Governor Jerry Brown is warning Californians that climate change will make wildfires more frequent and dangerous. We'll assess what the governor means about adapting to this new reality.
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