Thomas Fudge
Science and Technology ReporterA journalist with 30 years of experience, Tom covers science and technology stories for KPBS' platforms. He joined KPBS in 1998 to cover San Diego issues related to growth, transportation, and development. He previously served as host of These Days (now KPBS Midday Edition) and as a news editor. Tom began his broadcasting career in 1988 at WSUI Radio in Iowa City as a reporter and newscaster. He then spent five years at Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) where he worked as a reporter. Following his departure from MPR, Tom was a freelance journalist, working for Twin Cities Public Television, WCCO Radio, and a variety of regional and national newspapers and magazines. He has received recognition for his outstanding work in hosting and public affairs reporting from the Unity Awards, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, and the San Diego chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
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The NIH awarded San Diego-based Salk Institute and partnering institutions $126 million to study cell types to create an “atlas” of the human brain. -
EnergySource is licensing its technology to a company in Utah that wants to operate a lithium mine on the Great Salt Lake. -
A new UC San Diego study has found that housing insecurity is the one socio-economic factor most strongly linked to death among cancer patients. -
San Diego company is taking designs and making them into products as 3D printers make it easy to customize and create complex objects. -
A study of the gut health of babies hopes to reveal what builds the microbiome and whether new medications can replace what’s missing. -
This week California’s grid operator predicts unprecedented energy demand due the state’s long-running heat wave.
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"Paper or plastic" will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. It bans all plastic shopping bags starting in 2026. Consumers will now simply be asked if they want a paper bag. -
The Board of Supervisors will take up an item placing a temporary pause on the application for new battery energy storage systems. -
Once on the ground in Lahaina, the team will assist with search and rescue efforts, animal care and more.
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