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The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a California police sergeant's employers did not violate his right to privacy when they reviewed transcripts of text messages sent from his government-owned pager. The decision marks the high court's first word on the boundaries of electronic monitoring in the workplace.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced the recipients of this year's fellowships. Twenty-four innovators in art, science, writing and more will each receive $500,000 over the next five years.

A friendly little T-Rex wants to play in Jurassic Park (Universal)

Local experts discuss the latest news coming out of the Middle East and North Africa.

Clairvoyant computers may be nearer to reality than you'd think. In a new study, a computer program that analyzes brain scans was able to detect participants' thoughts — or at least their memories of a short film they were thinking about.

What lessons can be learned from the County Medical Examiner's Annual Report? We speak to the Deputy Medical Examiner about the most common causes of death in San Diego County.

It turns out there's lots of water on the moon - at least near the lunar south pole. The discovery announced Friday comes from an analysis of data from a spacecraft NASA intentionally crashed into the moon last month.

As Barack Obama takes office he is expected to remove restrictions on the use of embryonic stem cells for medical research made by President George W. Bush. KPBS Health Reporter Tom Fudge has more.

Turkey plays a key role in U.S. efforts on two major foreign policy issues: Iran and Mideast peace. But strains are showing in the Turkish-U.S. relationship after Israel's raid last week on a Turkish vessel carrying activists to Gaza ended with nine onboard killed.

African-Americans are less likely to receive life-saving treatments using bone marrow than whites. Low numbers of donors and rare genes make finding a bone marrow match less likely for black people than for white people.