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Sgt. Maj. Green greets Medal of Honor recipient Cpl. William “Kyle” Carpenter aboard Camp Pendleton on June 23, 2014.

Camp Pendleton's Sgt. Maj. Ronald Green Chosen As Top Enlisted Marine (Video)

I Marine Expeditionary Force Sergeant Major Ronald L. Green, who is based at Camp Pendleton, will serve as the 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. The promotion will make Green the top enlisted leader of the Marines.

Visitors shelter from the rain under the Peace Flame as they visit the Memorial Park and the nearby Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum on April 21 in Hiroshima, Japan. The dome in the background was destroyed during the attack, and preserved as a monument. The park, museum and dome are dedicated to the victims of the world's first nuclear attack, and to the pursuit of peace.

In Historic Step, Obama To Visit Hiroshima Later This Month

President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit the Japanese city since America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of 1945.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors is shown in this photo, Jan. 10, 2017.

San Diego County Supervisors See Surge in Tax Money They Can Distribute

Indoor basketball courts in East County, Surf Dog Surf-A-Thon commemorative T-shirts and a La Jolla Playhouse website are among the more than 800 projects funded in part by San Diego County taxpayers since July 2016.

1978 class of women portrait with astronaut suit.

MAKERS: Season 2: Women In Space

Airs Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A pedestrian crosses in front of a vehicle as part of a demonstration at Mcity on July 20, on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich.

In Michigan, A Testing Ground For A Future Of Driverless Cars

Automakers and researchers are using a 32-acre fake city at the University of Michigan to simulate a real-world environment for autonomous vehicles. How will such cars affect urban planning?

Host Chris Kimball explains the different cuts of meat. The Daytime Emmy®-nominated COOK'S COUNTRY provides home cooks with foolproof regional recipes and cooking techniques.

Cook's Country From America's Test Kitchen: Great American Meat & Potatoes

Airs Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 1:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

'Skyfaring': The Poetry And Science Of Air Travel

When you fly, is it all about the cramped cabin? Anthropologist Barbara J. King interviews a pilot whose book reconnects us to the joys of flying through the clouds.

Defeat By Deductible: Millennials Aren't Hip To Health Insurance Lingo

Researchers watched a group of young adults as they tried signing up for insurance on HealthCare.gov. Half didn't know what a deductible was. Needless to say, they struggled with enrollment.

Neuroscientist Takashi Kitamura works in the lab of Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. One of their recent projects helped identify a brain circuit involved in processing the "where" and "when" of memory. "Ocean cells" (red) and "island cells" (blue) play key roles.

30,000 Brain Researchers Meld Minds At Science's Hottest Ticket

Once an obscure hub of specialists, the yearly gathering of the Society of Neuroscience now draws some of the biggest and brightest from other fields too, seeking answers to brain and body secrets.

"Oh, look! There's a donkey in my living room!!!" was the photographer's Instagram caption.

The Powerful Photos That Rocked Getty Images' First Instagram Grant

For many photojournalists, Instagram has become a "modern-day Polaroid camera" used to take quick snapshots of important issues — and visual media giants have taken notice.

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