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UCSD 'Shake Table' Gets Major Federal Grant

The world's largest outdoor earthquake simulator is getting a financial boost from the National Science Foundation.

Carnegie Mellon University professor Takeo Kanade is pictured on Nov. 12, 2016. He received the Kyoto Prize for Advanced Technology for his work on robotics and computer vision.

Prize-Winning Roboticist Talks Self-Driving Cars In San Diego

A pioneer in automated driving technology is among the Kyoto Prize laureates lecturing in San Diego this week. The Kyoto Prize, one of the top scientific awards in the world, holds an annual symposium in San Diego featuring the year's three winners.

There are so many opportunities to screw up pumpkin pie. But done right, it can win friends and influence people.

Perfect Pumpkin Pie: One Woman's Quest For Custard, Crust — And Glory

Great pumpkin pie is elusive. You could end up with a soggy crust or a grainy filling. For months, reporter Maanvi Singh has been on a journey to learn the art and science of the ideal pie.

Patrick Quade launched iwaspoisoned.com after he visited a deli and later became ill. Today, his site contains more than 75,000 food-borne sickness reports from 90 countries and 46 U.S. states.

'I Was Poisoned': Can Crowdsourcing Food Illnesses Help Stop Outbreaks?

People can use the website to report restaurants, symptoms and whether they notified health department officials. But there are potential downsides — like mistaken culprits and malicious accusations.

Sara Yarjani (right) with sister Salma Yarjani (left).

Encinitas Student Who Was Barred From U.S. Speaks Out

Sara Yarjani, a U.S. student-visa holder who is an Iranian national, was detained and deported from the U.S. last month, after President Trump’s travel ban went into effect.

For nearly a century, Jimmy Red corn was used by bootleggers to make moonshine whiskey. The variety nearly went extinct in the early 2000s, but two remaining ears of corn were used to revive it. Now, the heirloom corn is thriving in the South, and being used widely by chefs and distillers.

From Hooch To Haute Cuisine: A Nearly Extinct Bootlegger's Corn Gets A Second Shot

Jimmy Red — the heirloom bootleg "whiskey" corn — was almost lost forever, until someone revived it. Now it's thriving and the darling of Southern chefs and distillers.

The Tianshan No. 1 glacier is melting fast, receding by at least 30 feet each year. Scientists warn that the glacier — the source of the Urumqi River, which more than 4 million people depend on — may disappear in the next 50 years.

'Impossible To Save': Scientists Are Watching China's Glaciers Disappear

Xinjiang has nearly 20,000 glaciers, half of China's total. They're all receding at a record pace — and will continue to melt, some scientists warn, even if global temperatures stop rising.

Trump Says He Has 'Open Mind' On Climate, But Staff Pick Raises Questions

Myron Ebell has been chosen to lead the president-elect's transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency. Ebell is a well known climate change skeptic.

President Trump has joined French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris to celebrate Bastille Day.

In Paris, Trump Defends Son's Meeting With Russian Lawyer

The president said that the June 2016 meeting was very standard and that politics "is not the nicest business."

Hurricane Irma's likely path through the Caribbean is shown on this NOAA map from its 2 p.m. ET advisory Tuesday. The blue lines show its potential track, not the outer edge of Irma's strong winds.

185 MPH: Hurricane Irma's Winds Roar As It Nears Caribbean Islands

Irma is the strongest hurricane the National Hurricane Center has ever recorded in the Atlantic basin outside of the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.

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