
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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EnergySource is licensing its technology to a company in Utah that wants to operate a lithium mine on the Great Salt Lake.
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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.
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San Diego company is taking designs and making them into products as 3D printers make it easy to customize and create complex objects.
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A study of the gut health of babies hopes to reveal what builds the microbiome and whether new medications can replace what’s missing.
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This week California’s grid operator predicts unprecedented energy demand due the state’s long-running heat wave.
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A study of accelerated aging shows that a person’s biological age may be very different from what is says on your birth certificate.
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Construction began Thursday near Poway on the first leg of a 10,000-mile-long broadband network.
- What’s one fix for coastal railroad tracks in North County? Try 7,700 tons of boulders
- A Maryland town backed Trump's cost-cutting pledge. Now it's a target
- Kaiser mental health workers near return to work after historic strike
- Paid parking in Balboa Park? San Diego residents may get a discount
- San Diego nonprofit auctions off rare set of Italian cookbooks