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Authorities examine the scene of a bombing in Austin, Texas, on March 12. A woman in her 70s was injured in the explosion. Officials have said there is a serial bomber attacking the Austin area.

From Clues To Capture: Forensics, Profiling And The Hunt In Austin

Former FBI agent Mary Ellen O'Toole discusses the role of forensic and behavioral experts in catching a serial criminal in an investigation like the bombing probe in Texas.

Organizers with Idahoans for Healthcare have been driving this green vehicle around the state to campaign for Medicaid expansion.

Republican Gun Store Owner And Legislator Campaigns For Medicaid Expansion In Idaho

Idaho is one of three conservative states where voters will decide in November whether to buck the GOP's resistance to the Affordable Care Act and implement its Medicaid expansion for adults.

'I'm Falling Apart': Shutdown Squeeze Tightens For Low-Wage Workers

Low pay combined with a high cost of living make it even more of a challenge for those who suddenly find themselves without a paycheck.

The Importance Of Getting Things Wrong

A Harvard professor argues that successful science teaching starts with understanding student misconceptions.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography's Lisa Levin stands near the Scripps Pier talking about the worrying trend of falling oxygen levels in ocean waters around the world, Jan. 3, 2018.

San Diego Researcher Finds Oxygen Getting Rarer In Oceans

A growing threat to the planet’s oceans may be getting worse because of climate change.

Flames from the West Fire burn brush near Alpine, CA, July 6, 2018.

Fire Destroys Homes, Burns Hundreds Of Acres In Alpine

CalFire officials say firefighters have stopped the forward spread of the West Fire in Alpine which has so far burned 400 acres and is 5 percent contained.

The Sierra Leone clinic that provided researchers with antibodies from Lassa survivors is seen in this undated photo.

San Diego Scientists Take A Step Closer To A Vaccine For Ebola's Deadly Cousin

The Lassa virus may not get as much media coverage as the better-known Ebola, but it causes similar symptoms and kills thousands in Africa every year.

Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced that he will turn down a job offer to become head of the New York City schools.

He Will, He Won't: Miami School Superintendent Rejects NYC's Top Job

In an emotional session of an emergency school board meeting, Dade County's Alberto Carvalho rejected a job offer announced just the day before.

An image provided by NOAA shows the hole in the ozone layer in 2015. NOAA scientists now say emissions of one ozone-depleting chemical appear to be rising, even though the chemical has been banned and reported production has essentially been at zero for years.

Banned, Ozone-Depleting Chemical Is Still Being Produced Somewhere, Scientists Say

Trichlorofluoromethane, or CFC-11, hurts the ozone layer and was phased out of production by 2010. Supposedly. But a NOAA study says CFC-11 emissions began to rise after 2012.

Former coal miner Danny Smith and his family used to ride their ATVs and go camping on this reclaimed strip mining site in Pike County, Ky. But Smith is no longer able to do such things because of his advanced black lung disease.

An Epidemic Is Killing Thousands Of Coal Miners. Regulators Could Have Stopped It

More than 2,000 miners in Appalachia are dying from an advanced stage of black lung. NPR and Frontline have found the government had multiple warnings and opportunities to protect them, but didn't.

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