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It's much better to prevent illness than to treat it: less time, less money, less suffering. But prevention is a surprisingly hard sell with doctors and the public. That's true even though preventable chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease are the most common causes of disability and premature death in the U.S.

Wildlife are enjoying a less trashy area of the San Diego River after a special kayak and canoe cleanup Sunday.

The first of NASA's retired space shuttles will make its way to its new retirement home on April 17. The well-traveled orbiter will be flown low over the nation's capital before being placed on permanent display at the Smithsonian.

In three years, the federal government is expected to open the skies for the civilian use of drones. But before that, the Federal Aviation Administration will set up six drone test sites around the country. Stiff competition to get one of the sites is anticipated -- driven by hopes of attracting thousands of new jobs.

An ambitious goal to reduce the use of fossil fuels looks to algae as a way to power the fleet.

Former Nixon administration attorney John Dean and a North Carolina divorce lawyer warn that if you think you have nothing to hide, think again.

Criticism is raining down on prosecutors in Massachusetts after the suicide of computer genius Aaron Swartz. His family says Swartz, who was facing trial on wire and computer fraud charges, was the victim of Justice Department overreach. But legal experts say the case is more complicated than that.

The nuclear crisis brought on by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan could inform a new study of the fault lines closest to the San Onofre nuclear power station.

One of the major stories of the week that perhaps you haven't heard, is a record-setting ice melt at the Arctic. A Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist will tell us what that indicates about the rate of climate change.

When we heard a few weeks ago that Illinois was considering banning lion meat, our first thought was, who's eating lion meat? And why Illinois?