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  • Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster in the 1960s comedy show "The Munsters." His character was obviously inspired by Mary Shelley's monster as imagined in the 1931 horror film. (1964)
    Library offers low-pressure Halloween book club
    Sign up for the email book club to get "Frankenstein" in your inbox.
  • Heman Bekele is <em>Time's</em> "2024 Kid of the Year," honored for his work on a cancer-fighting soap. Last year he won a $25,000 prize from 3M for his research. Above, he's pictured with 3M mentor, Deborah Isabelle, who's said of Bekele, "he's going to continue to inspire other young people to realize that science can make a positive difference."<br>
    Our interview with "TIME's 2024 Kid of the Year," inventor of a cancer-fighting soap
    Last year NPR interviewed Heman Bekele about his invention of a soap to fight skin cancer. He was motivated by his childhood in Ethiopia: He saw people working in the sun and thought of health risks.
  • Baby Haggis, a pygmy hippo, was born to parents Otto and Gloria at Edinburgh Zoo on Oct. 30.
    Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng: A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh
    The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland's Edinburgh Zoo announced their own tiny pygmy hippo, named Haggis, was born Oct. 30. The newborn, female calf is "doing well," according to zoo staff.
  • Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who died together, are seen housed at the British Museum in London in 2013.
    New DNA evidence upends what we thought we knew about Pompeii victims
    The findings, which used DNA from the plaster casts of people who died in the Mt. Vesuvius eruption two millennia ago, challenge the traditional gender and familial assumptions about the Pompeiians.
  • Scientists say Earth's Moon went through a period when it was a lot like Io, a moon of Jupiter that's full of volcanic activity.
    You don't look a day over 4.35 billion! Here's the moon's anti-aging secret
    Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters.
  • A material that's almost entirely air keeps EV fires from spreading
    The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. A lab that creates the substance shares the technology behind it all.
  • San Ysidro STEM Fair 2024
    Mark your calendars for Friday, April 19 from 1:30–5 p.m. for the third annual San Ysidro STEM Fair! This free, equity-centered family event is open to the entire community. No registration is required. The annual San Ysidro STEM Fair brings together community partners to offer opportunities and lower barriers to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers. Enjoy hands-on STEM activities for students in grades K–8, including Learning demonstrations led by Sci Phy program teachers Robotics demos led by San Ysidro High School’s Cougarbots team Local scientists and STEM career role models Community art Community resources Raffles and giveaways Visit: www.fleetscience.org/events/san-ysidro-stem-fair Fleet Science Center on Facebook / Instagram
  • Marine Science Day
    The Marine Science Day (MSD) event is hosted by the Marine Ecology and Biology Student Association (MEBSA) of San Diego State University on April 21, 2024! MSD is a free event for the community with touch tanks, food trucks, research talks, and raffle prizes. It's located at 4165 Spruance Rd., San Diego from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. View this event on Instagram
  • A vial of lenacapavir. The HIV prevention drug, delivered twice yearly by injection, has shown remarkable effectiveness in quashing HIV in trials.
    This preventive drug could be a 'game changer' in ending the HIV epidemic
    In newly released data, lenacapavir, given via a twice-yearly injection, has shown remarkable effectiveness at eliminating HIV transmission during sexual contact. But its cost could be an issue.
  • A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky above desert pine trees on Aug. 13, 2015, in the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area in Nevada.
    The highly anticipated Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. Here's how to watch
    The meteor shower creates an opportunity to sit outside at night and watch shooting stars. It's also an opportunity for researchers to do some science.
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