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  • A growing body of research is probing art's power effects on the brain.
    Building a better brain through music, dance and poetry
    Art can make the brain's wiring stronger, more flexible and ready to learn, say the authors of a new book, Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us.
  • People wait in line at a walk-up vaccination site in Washington, D.C., in November 2021.
    What lessons have we learned from the COVID pandemic?
    The nonpartisan Covid Crisis Group has released its investigative report, titled "Lessons from the Covid War: An Investigative Report." This is what it found.
  • At its most expansive, Antarctic sea ice covers an area the size of Antarctica itself, doubling the size of the frozen continent. But the winter sea ice has been shrinking, and this year there was less ice than ever before, going back to when satellites started tracking annual ice extent around 1980.
    Antarctica is melting and we all need to adapt, a trio of climate analyses show
    West Antarctica is headed for decades of rapid melting no matter how quickly humans cut greenhouse gas emissions, and 2023 shattered records for missing sea ice around the continent.
  • This image shows purified particles of mpox virus, formerly called monkeypox. Viruses like these can be genetically altered in the lab in ways that might make them more dangerous.
    When is it OK to make germs worse in a lab? It's a more relevant question than ever
    Policymakers have long grappled with how to handle experiments that might generate potentially dangerous viruses. Now, officials are considering whether oversight needs to be expanded.
  • David Houle is a San Diego resident experiencing homelessness. He's participating in an addiction treatment program that uses Suboxone. Oct. 5, 2023. San Diego, Calif.
    San Diego Public Library, Father Joe's Villages work to treat addiction with Suboxone
    The School of Social Work at SDSU has partnered with SDPL and Father Joe’s Villages to provide addiction treatment with Suboxone.
  • A gray wolf is seen in the Sequoia National Forest.
    A new gray wolf pack is found 200 miles south of California's nearest-known pack
    Gray wolves used to roam most of North America before being hunted, trapped and driven out of most of the continental U.S. by the early 1900s. They are native to California.
  • A rural mail carrier in 1905 trying out new transportation technology.
    Horseless carriages were once a lot like driverless cars. What can history teach us?
    Historians say that a little more than a century ago, when cars first hit the roads, they caused nervous laughter and raised real concerns, much like driverless vehicles today.
  • Tissue-resident T cells, colored blue, are seen in an intestine in an undated photo.
    Charged up T cells take on tumors in UCSD lab
    Scientists learned how to boost the energy of the immune system’s first line of protection. It could help our bodies fight off cancer.
  • December Nights
    December Nights is back for 2022! Join us on December 2 and 3 for the City of San Diego’s largest holiday festival in beautiful Balboa Park. This free family-friendly event brings San Diegans together to enjoy the lights, the sounds, the attractions, and of course, the amazing food. Check the City of San Diego’s December Nights webpage for up-to-date information! Performance schedule is here. Free museum admission includes: Air & Space Museum, Automotive Museum, Comic-Con Museum (lobby only), Fleet Science Center, San Diego History Center, ICA San Diego (always free), Japanese Friendship Garden, Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater, Marston House, Mingei International Museum, Model Railroad Museum, Museum of Us, Natural History Museum, San Diego Museum of Art and the Timken Museum of Art (always free). Find specific times for each museum's free access here: https://balboapark.org/plan-your-visit/december-nights/ Transportation and parking information is here. Balboa Park on social media: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter
  • Krissy Harmon's home is less than a mile from a landfill that caught fire more than three months ago. She uses blue painter's tape to keep smoke out and says her family still experiences health issues brought on by the fire.
    A months-long landfill fire in Alabama reveals waste regulation gaps
    An unregulated landfill that accepts vegetative waste has burned underground for months. Neighbors were inundated with smoke and left wondering why the site wasn't regulated in the first place.
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