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A University of Chicago professor won a share of the Nobel Prize in physics Monday. Yoichiro Nambu, a Tokyo-born U.S. citizen, shares the prize with two Japanese scientists. Nambu gets half the prize for the discovery of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics.

San Diego Filmmaker Takes Viewers 3-D Spelunking

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 to 18 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans may have post-traumatic stress disorder. The sleeplessness, anger, anxiety and sense of isolation that can accompany PTSD pose tremendous challenges for veterans and their families.

Undocumented immigrants applying for permission to remain in the United States under President Obama's new deportation policy should beware of scammers.

Brian Evenson's collection of 25 short stories examines the metaphysical in a blend of horror, sci-fi and Beckett. It's the most fun you can have contemplating your mortality.

God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls collects and expands the adventures of a supporting character from the Hernandez brothers' long-running comic book series Love and Rockets. NPR's Glen Weldon says it will confound superhero haters with its marriage of depth and goofy hero tropes.

The San Diego Unified School Board will fight a state law that strips physical education credits from students in Junior ROTC and marching band programs. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

Advocates for prisoners have long argued that confinement conditions in prisons violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. On Tuesday, they made their case before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, complete with a replica prison cell in the hearing room.

Director Launches The Bully Project

The operator of California’s troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant told state regulators the damaged reactors may restart by the end of the year, according to documents obtained Monday by The Associated Press.