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  • With Traumatic Brain Injuries, Soldiers Face Battle For Care
    Even when traumatic brain injury is diagnosed in soldiers, many find they have to fight to get adequate treatment. Medical records show brain-injured soldiers at Fort Bliss have been told that their main problems are psychological, not related to blasts. Some soldiers have turned to clinics outside the military to get help.
  • Rwanda's Mountain Medicine
    How do you give a Rwandan gorilla a shot, anyway? From a distance, if you're smart. The vets use darts to administer medicine, and just like with human infants, the bum is the best bet. Which is how one vet found herself aiming darts of medicine at an infant gorilla bum on a lovely Saturday afternoon recently.
  • Albert Snyder, the father of Marine Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder, is asking the Supreme Court to protect the right of military families to have peaceful and private funerals. Snyder visited Capitol Hill in May to speak about his case.
    High Court Asked To Limit Military Funeral Protests
    The U.S. Supreme Court takes up a case of high emotion and high principle. At issue is whether the father of a Marine killed in Iraq can sue picketers who showed up at his son's funeral with objectionable signs.
  • Exclusive First Read: Michael Chabon's 'Telegraph Avenue'
    Michael Chabon's sprawling novel features a multiracial cast of characters, from gay teens to former blaxploitation stars. It's a celebration and gentle sendup of the countercultural norms and racial politics of life in the Bay Area, revolving around efforts by two men to save their record store.
  • Researchers say it's not just loose skin that makes us look old; it's our bones. These skulls from the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History show the loss of definition in the lower face.
    As Our Skin Sags With Age, So Do Our Bones
    New research reveals that a youthful look isn't just about skin — it's also about how bones move around in our face. Using 3-D scans, scientists analyzed the faces of healthy men and women of different ages. They found that as we age, bones in the skull shrink, sink and slide around.
  • Fit test shows SD kids lack exercise
    A majority of San Diego County students aren't meeting minimal standards of physical fitness. That's according to the latest results of the California Physical Fitness Test. KPBS reporter Beth Ford
  • The 8 X 8 Glasses of Water Myth
    Our guest was the engaging, energetic Dr.
  • David Simon, creator of the HBO series <em>The Wire</em>, said he felt guilty about winning the grant because he comes from an industry that is "a little bit recession-proof."
    MacArthur Foundation Reveals 'Genius Grants'
    David Simon, creator of the HBO television series The Wire, is among 23 recipients of this year's MacArthur Foundation "genius grants." The $500,000 grants were announced Tuesday by the Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
  • UCSD professor Rae Armantrout won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her collection "Versed."
    Local Events: Pat Metheny, Mingei Library Open House, Rae Armantrout Reads
    Hear Rae Armantrout, UCSD professor and newly minted Pulitzer Prize winner, read one of her poems on KPBS and learn about Pat Metheny's latest project, Orchestrion.
  • Author Discusses What He Learned While Climbing Seven Summits
    What compels a person to leave their comfy job on Wall Street so they can risk their life climbing seven of the tallest mountains on earth? We speak to Bo Parfet, author of Die Trying: One Man's Quest to Conquer Seven Summits, about why he climbed the tallest mountains on seven continents, and what he's learned from the experience.
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