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Scientists at UC San Diego collect wastewater to be tested for COVID-19 variants in this undated photo.

UC San Diego scientists searching for new omicron variant in wastewater

Scientists at UC San Diego are looking for omicron and other COVID-19 variants in a unique way.

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What's making us happy: A guide for your weekend reading and viewing

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The Secret History, a Futurama reboot and more.

In this Aug. 26, 2019 file photo, Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District biologist Nadja Reissen examines a mosquito in Salt Lake City.

UCSD Researchers Create Technology To Sterilize Mosquitoes, Reducing Disease

Researchers at UC San Diego revealed Friday they have used advancements in CRISPR-based genetic engineering to create a system restraining populations of mosquitoes that infect millions each year with debilitating diseases.

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates Penguin Random House's All Ways Black Instagram account.

How one book influencer championing Black authors is changing publishing

Milwaukee-based book influencer Cree Myles curates an account for Penguin Random House dedicated to celebrating Black writers.

Students around the world were challenged to fight disease rumors in a 24-hour hackathon. From left: A proposed pill package featuring a Tanzanian comic character, designed by a team from Boston University. A board game to help teach kids about schistosomiasis created by students from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, and the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna.

Ready, Set ... Think! Hackathon Aims To Kill Off Fake Health Rumors

How do you fight misinformation around neglected tropical diseases? In this competition, teams of college students across the globe had 24 hours to cook up a cool plan.

Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, speaks at a rally after her measure to limit when companies can label workers as independent contractors was approved by a Senate committee, in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, July 10, 2019.

With Gonzalez resigning, two big names vie for her Assembly seat

Wednesday will be Lorena Gonzalez’s last day in the California State Assembly.

On Tuesday, engineers successfully finished deploying the James Webb Space Telescope's sunshield, seen here during testing in December 2020 at Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Zero-gravity ballet: James Webb Space Telescope deploys sunshield and mirror

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope successfully deployed its secondary mirror Wednesday after unfolding its enormous sunshield a day earlier.

A woman leaves a Moscow exchange office with a screen showing the currency exchange rates of the U.S. dollar and the euro to Russian rubles on Feb. 24.

Russia eyes sanctions workarounds in energy, gold, crypto

Observers say Russia will likely turn closer to China to make up for supplies of goods and services lost due to sanctions.

A car drives past the U.S. Embassy in Havana in 2019. Americans working at the embassy began reporting unexplained illnesses in 2016.

CIA report: No evidence linking Havana syndrome to a foreign country

The interim report says many cases have now been attributed to previously undiagnosed illnesses. But "a couple dozen" cases remain unresolved and are still under investigation.

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