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This 2019 photo provided by NOAA shows the Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory in Hawaii. Measurements taken at the station in May 2021 revealed the highest monthly average of atmospheric carbon dioxide in human history.

Carbon Dioxide, Which Drives Climate Change, Reaches Highest Level In 4 Million Years

The amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere reached 419 parts per million in May, its highest level in more than four million years, according to NOAA. Fossil fuel use is driving the increase.

Tariq Trotter portrays a scientist who has invented a machine that can turn Black people white in the off-Broadway musical <em>Black No More</em>.

A machine turns Black people white in the musical 'Black No More'

An off-Broadway show, based on a 1931 novel, explores the results when a scientist charges Black people $50 each to change their race with his new invention.

Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has served as an adviser to many past presidents. He says President Biden told him from the outset, " 'We're going to make some mistakes along the way. We're going to stumble a bit. And when that happens, we're not going to blame anybody. We're just going to fix it.' Boy, was that refreshing," Fauci says.

Dr. Fauci On Vaccinations And Biden's 'Refreshing' Approach To COVID-19

The administration is in its early days, but the infectious disease expert says he's encouraged by the new president's attitude about the pandemic. Science, Fauci says, is "going to rule."

Medical debt upended their lives. Here's what it took from them

First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are 15 stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt.

The cover of Mothercoin next to the author.

In 'Mothercoin', the labor of love transcends borders

Mothercoin, by Elizabeth Cummins Muñoz, takes an intimate look at the lives of immigrant nannies in Houston, and how their work in private homes affects their relationship with their own children.

Mexico acknowledged late Saturday that the U.S. government suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.

Shortly before the Super Bowl, the U.S. suspends avocado imports from Mexico

The suspension would not affect game-day consumption as those avocados had already been shipped.

Brenda Martinez at home studying online for classes to become a drug and alcohol counselor, December 15, 2021

San Diego Promise program offers free tuition and hope to community college students

San Diego Community College District offers free tuition to eligible students in need.

Nastia Stefanovich, a volunteer at the distribution center in Lviv for goods donated for Ukrainians in need, points out the piles of clothes that have been arriving.

Donated clothes help in Ukraine. But there's one thing aid experts like better

While welcome, some donations don't address the needs of displaced and homeless Ukrainians who've lost nearly everything they own. Several aid groups are turning to a new tactic: cash aid.

Alison Vargas, center, wears a graduation cap adorned with words and flowers as she takes pictures with fellow San Diego State environmental engineering classmates, Kaitlyn Kirkup, left, and Natalie Rios, right, in Balboa Park, Wednesday, May 15, 2019, in San Diego.

San Diego State University To Hold Virtual Commencement Saturday

The celebration will be held at noon May 16 and can be viewed via livestream at SDSU website or Facebook page.

A patient from central Texas is escorted down the hall by clinic administrator Kathaleen Pittman prior to getting an abortion at Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, Louisiana on Oct. 9, 2021.

California fails to collect basic abortion data — even as it invites an out-of-state influx

As California vows to protect abortion rights, it lacks the data that would help estimate how many out-of-state women may seek services. Currently, the state does not collect abortion data, including comprehensive numbers.

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