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Former President Jimmy Carter at the June 20, 1979 dedication ceremony for solar panels installed on the White House.

Jimmy Carter's environmental legacy set the foundation for today's climate action

Former President Jimmy Carter's work on energy efficiency and renewable energy were criticized, but it laid the groundwork for the country to address climate change now.

Chris Ryall discusses adapting Francis Coppola's film "Megalopolis" into a graphic novel at his home office in Scripps Ranch. July 18, 2024

A career in comics or a life of crime?

San Diego comics creators discuss their love for the medium and their upcoming San Diego Comic-Con panels.

Health care advocates protested care denials at UnitedHealthcare on July 15, 2024, in Minnetonka, Minn. The shooting of UHC CEO Brian Thompson has sparked an outcry online over issues with the U.S. health care system.

UHC murder suspect railed about U.S. health care. Here's what he missed

The man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was critical of U.S. health care. Experts say the system's problems are complex and can't be pinned on one player or industry.

A dead deep=sea oarfish is shown washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas on Nov. 7, 2024.

Second rare deep-sea oarfish washes up on Encinitas beach

It is unclear why two of the rarely seen, short-crested oarfish have washed up on local shores.

Mike Cupo, a systems operator for Public Service Electric and Gas Company, uses a special red phone to talk via radio to PSE&G staffers in the field, during a simulated Y2K drill at company headquarters in Newark, N.J., on April 9, 1999. Power plant operators across the country held drills to make sure they could keep electricity flowing if year 2000 computer glitches prevented them from communicating with each other.

Y2K seems like a joke now, but in 1999 people were really freaking out

People feared the computer glitch would mean "the end of the world as we know it." Thankfully, Y2K didn't live up to the hype after years and billions of dollars were spent on painstaking preparation.

Adheel Akhtar, CEO and founder of PSYONIC, poses with a demo version of the company's bionic prosthetic hand in the KPBS newsroom in San Diego, July 22, 2024.

This San Diego tech startup is bringing science fiction to life at Comic-Con

PSYONIC is hosting a panel at Comic-Con exploring the real-life functionality of their advanced bionic prosthetic limb, the Ability Hand.

The baby black-footed ferrets at three weeks old, born to a mother cloned from genetic material collected in 1988.

Baby black-footed ferrets first to be born to a cloned mom

Black-footed ferrets are one of the most endangered mammals in North America with only an estimated 370 in the wild, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a campaign rally for Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump at Macomb Community College on November 01, 2024 in Warren, Michigan. Kennedy has called for an end to fluoride in the water supply, a practice that saves billions each year in dental care.

No more fluoride in the water? RFK Jr. wants that and Trump says it 'sounds OK'

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about fluoride in the drinking water are linked to Cold War conspiracy theories about the substance.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on at the start of a cabinet swearing in ceremony for Dominic LeBlanc, not shown, who will be sworn in as Finance Minister, at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Ontario, on Dec. 16, 2024.

Canada's finance minister resigns, posing biggest test of Trudeau's political career

The stunning move raised questions about how much longer the prime minister of nearly 10 years — whose popularity has plummeted due to concerns about inflation and immigration — can stay on.

The ray spider is about the size of a grain of sand, yet it weaves a web with a twist to help it catch its prey.

Slingshot spiders rely on good vibrations to catch supper

The tiny ray spider uses launches its web to grab its prey out of the air. Though common practice in the superhero world, this ability is actually unusual in spiders.

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