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The host of NPR’s “Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me!” will take the stage in San Diego this weekend, plus other arts events to check out. And, one local filmmaker talks about his romantic drama.

Tim Walz is the main event, but former President Bill Clinton, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are also speaking in Chicago on Wednesday.

Dr. Jaime Pineda will present and then lead a discussion based on his recent book: "Controlling Mental Chaos: Harnessing the Power of the Creative Mind" (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers,2023). Dr. Pineda will discuss the relationship between brain, mind, and wellbeing. Although anxiety and incessant thinking reflect uncontrolled creativity, you can use time-tested techniques and your own mental abilities to recover your creative nature and live a flourishing life. This presentation is one of a series of monthly writer's discussions sponsored by the San Diego Independent Scholars. Dr. Pineda is a Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Science and Neuroscience at U.C. San Diego.

Researchers may have solved a Stonehenge mystery — and raised another. They say its central Altar Stone somehow got to England from Scotland, hundreds of miles farther away than originally thought.

Since the 1990s, law enforcement officials and medical experts have cautioned about the dangers of police-prone restraint, especially when people are high on stimulants or experiencing a mental health crisis. Some California police officers haven’t been getting the message.

Donald Trump has repeatedly shared AI-generated content on social media in the latest example of how artificial intelligence is showing up in the 2024 election.

Women have been complaining that doctors don't warn them how much an IUD insertion can hurt — or offer pain relief. Now the CDC is recommending that doctors do more to help.

Scientists have created a new tool that can give 5 minutes advance warning of a dangerous rogue wave in the ocean.

The highly anticipated documentary brings the awe-inspiring images captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to IMAX®—taking audiences on a journey to the beginning of time and space, to never-before-seen cosmic landscapes, and to recently discovered exoplanets, planets around other stars. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn and narrated by Oscar®-nominated actress Michelle Williams, “Deep Sky” follows the high-stakes global mission to build JWST and to launch it into orbit 1 million miles from Earth, in an attempt to answer questions that have haunted us since the beginning of time: Where did we come from? How did the universe begin? Are we alone? Now playing daily at 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. Directed by Nathaniel Kahn and narrated by Michelle Williams. Fleet Science Center on Facebook / Instagram

Why are so many frozen embryos created? And how is the Alabama Supreme Court ruling likely to affect IVF in the future? Here's what you need to know.