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This tool from NASA allows you to get your exact window to see Monday's eclipse; all you need is your ZIP code.

This week, the April 8 total solar eclipse inspired Barbie-level coverage mania at NPR. But it turns out other things happened too! Were you paying attention?

National security professionals are warning that there's a growing threat to global elections — one that is on par with disinformation, foreign interference and even the threat of political violence.

Last year, NPR's health reporters dug into the science of healthy living. Here are nine things they learned that can help you embrace small shifts with big payoffs in the year ahead.

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS App. In the past few years we’ve seen an explosion in biotech tools like CRISPR gene editing and AI-powered implants that are helping eradicate disease, improve lives, and transform our understanding of human life. But with benefits, come major risks. Ian Bremmer sits down with Siddhartha Mukherjee to discuss how these new tools are changing medical science and creating a generation of "new humans.

Recreational fishermen and conservation groups worry overfishing for menhaden threatens the Chesapeake Bay. Industry says current data doesn't support shutting down the more than century-old fishery.

A powerful solar storm struck Earth, triggering spectacular celestial light shows in skies around the world — and threatening possible disruptions to satellites and power grids.

This is the fourth test for Starship, and this time, it returned successfully to earth.

The Sanford Stem Cell Institute Symposium is a free two-day event highlighting advancements in the realm of regenerative medicine and its potential to revolutionize stem cell based therapies. This program includes interactive discussion panels on stem cells in space, clinical trials, and publishings as well as a networking cocktail hour both days. Join us in welcoming our four Keynote speakers: astronaut, former ISS Commander, and biochemistry researcher Peggy Whitson, molecular geneticist and “Father of organoids” Hans Clever, National Academy of Science member and Harvard Med’s Professor of Pediatric Medicine Leonard Zon, and Harvard scientist working on breakthrough research with tissue regeneration Amy Wagers. For more information visit: stemcellprogram.ucsd.edu