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NASA's new program prepares young Earth scientists to tackle tough environmental issues. In an airplane laboratory, students study everything from the growth of unusual algae blooms to the methane from a dairy cow's burp.

Nine students from San Diego's Preuss School will get a taste of medical research this week. They are taking part in a week-long internship at the Sanford-Burnham Institute.

Airs Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

A spike in radioactive sulfur from the damaged Japanese nuclear plant was detected in California in late March, but researchers say it posed no threat.

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A professor at San Diego State has made an exciting discovery. She’s found a human-made protein is able to block the flu virus in mice.

The state is currently in the process of redesigning California's network of marine protected areas, or MPAs. We'll find out what's at stake in the process, and what's in the works for the Southern California coast.

Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away — the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.

The National Academy of Sciences calls for the creation of an independent agency to overhaul the nation's forensic science system, saying faulty analyses and a "case by case" courtroom approach may have contributed to wrongful convictions.

Anyone who follows the news knows that people can serve time in prison — decades even — for crimes they didn't commit. But some law schools, including San Diego's California Western School of Law, are working to free people whom they believe are innocent.