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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.

People with drug and alcohol problems often times have unhealthy sex lives. Many engage in unsafe sex while under the influence. Kenny Goldberg talks about a local recovery program that teaches hea

German Theodor Haensch and Americans John Hall and Roy Glauber win the Nobel Prize in Physics for their research on the physics of light. Their work with lasers has helped redefine how distance is measured and allowed physicists to measure the atom's internal structure with new precision.

Camp Pendleton’s Sgt Darhonda Rodela: One Courageous Marine

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.

The fate of a move to allow hearsay evidence in court is being decided in Chicago, Ill. The namesake of the so-called "Drew's law," Drew Peterson, stands accused of murdering his third wife and is a suspect in the disappearance of his fourth wife.

Brain specialists and sports doctors are worrying more about the long-term effects of concussions, especially because millions of kids engage in sports that put them at risk of repeated head injury. Researchers are trying to devise simple ways to determine whether a person has a concussion. One test involves a hockey puck on the end of stick.

The San Diego City school board voted Tuesday to revamp the district's high school science program. KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

As if air travel over the Thanksgiving holiday isn't tough enough, it could be even worse this year: Airports could see even more disruptions because of a loosely organized Internet boycott of full-body scans.

9/11: A local retired Marine colonel remembers and continues helping San Diego military families.