David Wagner
Science & Technology ReporterDavid Wagner covers the science and technology beat for KPBS. Before arriving in San Diego, he wrote a research column for The Atlantic magazine's sister site The Atlantic Wire. Other positions found him producing web content for NPR's Arts & Life channel and writing features for the San Francisco Chronicle. He holds English and Political Science B.A.s from UC Berkeley.
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Only 83 percent of infants with an autistic older sibling are vaccinated, compared with 97 percent of infants in general.
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It may not have the name recognition of the San Andreas fault, but San Diego's Rose Canyon fault is still capable of inflicting heavy damage, according to a new assessment by local researchers.
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A new $110 million building was dedicated Tuesday on the UC San Diego campus.
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KPBS Midday EditionA team of researchers in San Diego says to get closer to an HIV cure, scientists need to study patients at the end of their lives.
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Can your personal genetic data be kept truly private? J. Craig Venter and his team of scientists in La Jolla are out with a new study that offers a word of warning.
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