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More than three-quarters of U.S. wells make just 6% of the country's oil. They're called marginal wells because of their small output. But they're a big deal to oil producers and environmentalists.

From the KPBS/Arts newsletter: Local artist Melissa Walter and the New Mexico-based mixed media artist Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado will both open separate exhibitions at Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego-North campus in Encinitas. While Walter's work is always fascinating and science-informed, for this show she is also debuting some experimental animation. Rodríguez-Delgado will show installation work that combines drawing, sculpture and collage. Opens with a reception from 4-8 p.m. on Aug. 17. Free. —Julia Dixon Evans, KPBS From the museum: Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego’s Encinitas location presents its fall exhibitions: San Diego-based artist Melissa Walter will create a site-specifc installation of the 100 drawings that comprise Southern Blot Method, as well as an experimental animation that conveys the computational processes of DNA analysis as something more familiar. And in his first solo museum show in the continental United States, Puerto-Rican born, New Mexico-based Manuel Alejandro Rodríguez-Delgado, will present a new installation that combines drawing and collage, alongside new and existing sculpture. These exhibitions are part of ICA San Diego's 2024-2025 Interface season, which explores the parallels between art and science in our daily lives. Visit: icasandiego.org/current-season to confirm museum hours. Closed Monday–Wednesday https://icasandiego.org/plan-your-visit/

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

In northern California, a group of volunteers spend every night from late fall through winter as crossing guards–escorting migrating salamanders across a rural road.

The National Institutes of Health had to stop considering new grant applications, delaying funding for research into diseases ranging from heart disease and cancer to Alzheimer's and allergies.

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.

If your New Year's resolution is to give up drinking for the month of January, this expert guide can help you get to Day 31 alcohol-free.

NPR's health reporters followed the emerging science on what keeps our brains and our minds healthy. Here are highlights of the studies that piqued our readers' interest the most.

To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

As agencies scramble to comply with President Trump's Jan. 20 order terminating remote work, employees say the process has been marked by confusion, changing guidance and frustrating conditions.