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The UC San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute will launch blood stem cells into space aboard a NASA support mission to the International Space Station Tuesday in an effort to study the impact of lack of gravity on human cellular aging.

Fossils are a humble, hidden constant in the city's bustling ecosystem. And in my overstimulated life, seeking out a few constants in the world sounded pretty good.

Join us at the Fleet on Saturday, Nov. 6, and be among the first to see our new documentary film Into America’s Wild in the newly upgraded Heikoff Giant Dome Theater. In celebration of the opening, we’re hosting an Into America’s Wild POP (Public Opening Party)—and you’re invited! Enjoy special giveaways and promotions: - Grab a free Into America’s Wild mini-poster at the ticket counter (while supplies last). - At each screening, two lucky winners will score a super-cute-themed prize pack. - Get 10% off one Into America’s Wild item at the North Star Science Store. All the fun is free with your admission to the Fleet! Into America’s Wild is a non-stop ride via kayak, bike, train, hot air balloon, zipline and more into some of the most beautiful but little-known landscapes of North America, from the wilds of Alaska and the lush coastline of Oregon to the ancient canyons of the Southwest. When: Nov. 6 2021 (11:00am-3:00pm) Where: Fleet Science Center Who: All ages are welcome How much: Event free with Fleet admission Fleet ticket pricing: Adult/$21.95, Child/$18.95, Senior/$19.95 For more information and ticket purchases please visit HERE!

In his California hometown of Bakersfield, voters are mixed over whether he should get the job or focus his attention on oil, agriculture and the local economy.

Companies are building carbon dioxide pipelines as a possible climate solution. But after a pipeline rupture sent dozens to the hospital in a Mississippi town, there are questions about their safety.

Studies of the environmental impacts of tobacco products, both outdoors and indoors, are combined into one research center at SDSU.

K. Barry Sharpless from Scripps Research in La Jolla won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

Nitrate contamination of well water has been a decades-long problem in the San Joaquin and Salinas valleys — and now stormwater has flushed more fertilizer and manure into aquifers.

Uncovered coffins, papyrus documents and other artifacts have recently been found at the Saqqara site in Giza, Egypt. It coincides with a new accusation that jewelry was stolen from the site.

NPR talked to hundreds of people over the course of the pandemic. As the emergency declaration ends on May 11, we asked some of them for their reflections on the past three tumultuous years.