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Marie Curie (Left), French physicist and winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics, Canadian Donna Strickland (Middle), who won the 2018 prize for her work with lasers, and physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer (Right), who won for her work in atomic physics in 1963.

The Nobel Prize In Physics: 117 Years, Three Women And Counting

Donna Strickland is the first woman to win the prize in a generation. Other women in physics are not surprised, but some hope change may be coming.

West Philadelphia resident Suliemon Mellette, age 9, stands with an empty test bottle at a recent training at Drexel University’s Dornsife Center. The bottle was sent from Virginia Tech to the citizen-led group, Philly Unleaded Project, as part of a city-wide campaign to test citizen’s drinking water.

THE CROWD & THE CLOUD

Airs Wednesdays, May 10-31, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando petting a rosy boa constrictor at San Diego Natural History Museum's Living Lab Exhibit.

Flesh-Eating Bugs At The Nat's New Living Lab Exhibit

San Diego Natural History Museum showcases live specimens

Bear No. 68 has packed on the pounds needed for a long hibernation.

It's Fat Bear Week In Alaska's Katmai National Park — Time To Fill Out Your Bracket

Bears preparing for hibernation need to eat as much as they can for the winter. In Alaska, this habit has turned into an Ursine March Madness with bears going head-to-head to see who is the fattest.

The original San Diego Comic-Con committee, as drawn by Scott Shaw! and inspired by Jack Kirby.

San Diego Comic-Con Is Turning 50: Here's Its Origin Story

50 years ago, a bunch of teenaged comics fans got together to plan a convention, and what started with 300 people in a hotel basement became the pop culture juggernaut known as San Diego Comic Con.

An "In God We Trust" sign is seen at a middle school in Rapid City, South Dakota. Staff began installing the national motto in the district's 23 schools in May.

South Dakota Public Schools Add 'In God We Trust' Signs To Walls

When students return to class next month in South Dakota, they'll be greeted by the national motto, prominently displayed on school walls.

The ocean (right) and the lagoon (left) are separated by a thin strip of land in Funafuti, Tuvalu. The small South Pacific island nation is striving to mitigate the effects of climate change. Tuvalu's 11,000 inhabitants see effects such as rising sea levels in their daily life.

'We Need Support': Pacific Islands Seek Help And Unity To Fight Climate Change

They are urging the international community for more resources to help manage climate change and calling for larger countries to cut their carbon emissions.

A worker piles boxes of strawberries inside the Ground Berries Association in northern Gaza. An unwritten deal between Israel and Hamas gives Gaza residents more access to jobs, trade and travel.

'Like A Prisoner Being Let Free': Israel-Hamas Truce Lends Hope To Gaza's Jobless

Even before President Trump's peace deal comes to light, an informal arrangement between Israeli and Hamas leaders eased some restrictions on travel and trade out of Gaza.

President Trump talks to journalists on the South Lawn of the White House Friday. An NPR analysis finds Trump's use of heated phrases has jumped considerably beginning in March of this year.

'Treason,' 'Spy,' 'Coup': As Impeachment Talk Intensifies, So Does Trump's Rhetoric

An NPR analysis finds Trump's use of heated phrases including coup, treason, enemy of the people and corrupt media jumped considerably beginning in March. October is on pace to set a record.

Life Along Pakistan's Mountain Highway Where China Is Investing Billions Of Dollars

The Karakoram Highway revamp is a key part of China's trade and infrastructure initiative in the region, and local communities' expectations are high.

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