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Join us on Wednesday, March 16th at 3:00 pm on Crowdcast for a virtual event with Peter Swanson to discuss his newest novel Nine Lives. Joining him in conversation will be fellow author Lynne Constantine! Nine strangers receive a list with their names on it in the mail. Nothing else, just a list of names on a single sheet of paper. None of the nine people know or have ever met the others on the list. They dismiss it as junk mail, a fluke -- until very, very bad things begin happening to people on the list. This event is free to attend and will be streamed on Crowdcast. Register here!

Rapa Nui (Easter Island) Moai weighing tens of tons were quarried of Rano Raraku tuff and transported kilometers across the island. Researchers have proposed at least five different methods for achieving this re-location. However, no previous studies have considered the structural engineering limitations of the moai transport methods themselves. This paper applies structural engineering analysis to the moai transport methods proposed by Heyerdahl, (Hunt&Lippo, Pavel), Mulloy, Love, and Van Tilburg. This event will be held on Zoom. Make sure to register by 4 p.m. on March 10. Proceeds from our Living Room Lecture series help provide critical support for the care of Center collections and programs for all ages. Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022 Time: 6:30 PM Location: Online on Zoom Cost: Pay what you wish

The mobilization of thousands more troops to bolster the military campaign in Ukraine is rippling across Russia, as the military swiftly drafts new recruits and signs of discontent appear to spread.

Ukrainians are fleeing from Russian-held areas to avoid the sham referendums, which could pave the way for annexation. "It was all staged," said one Ukrainian. "How can you vote when they have guns?"

This weekend in the arts: San Diego Design Week; Trolley Dances; San Diego Ballet's "Signature Moves"; The Rosin Box Project's "Barre Crawl"; paper theaters at La Jolla Historical Society; and a Billie Holiday play at Oceanside Theatre Company.

NPR's Scott Simon laments newspaper paywalls and wishes there was an easier, cost-effective way to read a lot of newspapers online without needing so many subscriptions.

Two U.S. military veterans who disappeared three months ago while fighting Russia with Ukrainian forces were among 10 prisoners released by Russian-backed separatists as part of a prisoner exchange.

Volunteers for the trial put an arm over a box with hundreds of mosquitoes carrying a genetically modified malaria parasite. Here's why they did it that way — and why the trial holds promise.

Since the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan last year, some American veterans have been scrambling to help their Afghan allies escape the collapsing country. Though some have succeeded, most have not.

Voices from the 1960s reflect on the 2020s: "We feel that we are reliving the past."