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California working women make on average $8,300 less per year than men. This costs California women about $37 billion annually. The Equal Pay Act was signed into law in 1963 to prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers. In passing the bill, Congress denounced sexual discrimination in the workplace. It has been 48 years since the law was enacted. Many women are supporting a new equal pay act called the Paycheck Fairness Act, which passed in the U.S. House but fell short in the Senate. This would close loopholes in the old act to ensure that women aren't underpaid. We are going to discuss the current equal pay rules as well as the struggle women are facing, and the ways that women are trying to gain equality.

A new, lightweight device is allowing biologists to track the migration of individual songbirds for the first time. Before now, little information existed about where these tuneful travelers spent their time and how fast they moved.

What does a global decline of the fish population mean to Californians? What is the state of our fish supply? Should we be concerned? A fishing industry representative and a conservancy manager discus

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A group of leading scientists and evangelicals have chosen to put aside their differences on how the world came to be and join forces to protect its future. They've formed a coalition and are lobbying Capitol Hill on environmental issues.

With admissions getting more competitive every year, spots at top American colleges are becoming a globally coveted commodity. In South Korea, one elite prep school has become the envy of many upper-crust U.S. prep schools with its success.

Three physicists, one American and two Japanese, share the prize for their pioneering work in exploring the universe's lack of symmetry — something that made life possible.

Rescuers worked frantically to reach thousands of people still trapped in the rubble after Monday's earthquake. But, as the day faded, so did the hope that many of the missing would be found alive.

The California grey whale commutes past San Diego's shore ever year, either on its way to feeding grounds near Alaska or to calving waters on the Mexican coast. There was a time when the whales were s

If the West Antarctic Ice Sheet were to melt, global sea level could increase by an average of 11 feet, a new study finds. This prediction is about half the rise scientists had estimated 30 years ago, but still enough to create a global disaster. The key question is how much sea level rise could occur in the coming decades?