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The Geminids meteor shower appears every December, but it will peak this year on Saturday, the 13th.

Investor-owned utility San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is selling the Sikorsky S-70 Firehawk to San Diego County five years after it bought it.

We talk about the Supreme Court's pending decision on whether to undermine a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Plus, a scholarship for Black students at UC San Diego is rebranded for all students.

Researchers are examining whether a decline in reading and math scores over the last decade is related to the widespread use of smartphones by young people.

Chula Vista is embracing artificial intelligence in policing. We discuss the ethical questions around AI in public agencies, from law enforcement to healthcare.

Stream now with KPBS+ / Watch Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025 at 11 a.m. on KPBS 2. The film looks at the evolution of horses in North America by placing Indigenous Lakota science alongside ground-breaking DNA research.

The lifeblood of Silicon Valley — advanced microchips — pumps from a science park on Taiwan's west coast, mostly from TSMC, the world's biggest chipmaker. But now the company is looking abroad for places to grow.

The suspect in Saturday's Brown University shooting was discovered dead at a storage facility in New Hampshire. The same man is suspected in the fatal shooting of an MIT physics professor on Monday.

Enjoy a private tour of the Palomar Dome, learn the history of the observatory, engage in a unique lecture from a local astronomer, and explore the stars from the historic Palomar mountain in this brand-new, 18+ experience. Chartered bus, meal, and beverage included. Visit: https://www.fleetscience.org/events/sky-tonight Fleet Science Center on Instagram and Facebook

The new law provides training for school principals and reading specialists in the “science of reading,” a method of literacy instruction focused on vocabulary, comprehension and sounding words out rather than learning words by sight. The approach has led to improved reading scores in Mississippi, Louisiana and districts like Los Angeles Unified, which adopted it several years ago.