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Michaeleen Doucleff, PhD, is a correspondent for NPR's Science Desk. For nearly a decade, she has been reporting for the radio and the web for NPR's global health outlet, Goats and Soda. Doucleff focuses on disease outbreaks, cross-cultural parenting, and women and children's health.

The series uses the 1992 film about a World War II-era, female baseball team as a loose template, but it leans into subjects the movie never explored, including gay and non-white players.

Some 200,000 tech jobs have been lost in what is seen as one of the sharpest downturns in the tech industry's history. Here is what you need to know about the mass layoffs in Silicon Valley.

Google's expansion into instant messaging and a web-based calling opens another field of competition with Microsoft and Yahoo. Robert Siegel talks with Scott Cleland, CEO of Precursor, an independent investment research firm tracking technology and telecom sectors.

Rev. Heidi Alfrey is the featured speaker at Unity of Ventura, Sunday, June 25. Services are at 10:00 a.m. in "The Chapel" at the Ventura Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 6300 Telephone Rd. in Ventura. This Sunday is the last in a series of talks entitled “The Summer of Love,” inspired by the spiritual messages in the lyrics of certain Beatles songs. As Rev.

Rev. Heidi’s topic this week is “Let It Be.” She explains: “This song was written by Paul McCartney right before Paul left the Beatles. It was a turbulent time in his life. He had a dream in which his mother, whose name was Mary, came to him and said; ‘It will all be alright, just let it be.’ His mother’s reassurance spurred this beautiful ballad and helped Paul with what was a major life transition. How many times when life feels turbulent do we want to rail against life, or have regret and try to change things? Often the best solution is to step back, look for the lesson, and give the situation over to God, practicing faith in the Divine Order of things. Sunday's message will focus on turning fear into faith, to ‘Let it Be’.”

Following the service there will be a special Pot-Luck brunch and “Flower Power Bingo” to which all are invited. For more information, call 805-653-1059 or go to www.UnityofVentura.org.

Music during the service will be provided by Smitty and Juljia, Ojai-based artists known for their uplifting sounds and beautiful vocal harmonies. At Unity of Ventura, all lifestyles, faiths, genders and ethnicities are welcome.

Services are also available on Unity of Ventura Facebook.

As summer ends, it's time for brainy reads you may have missed in hardcover. Wolf Hall, set in the court of Henry VIII, won the 2009 Booker Prize. Former nun Karen Armstrong takes on the atheists in The Case for God. Barbara Ehrenreich pops the bubble of American optimism with her usual wit — and more.

Google has launched a new version of its search engine Web site in China. The site censors material about Tibet, human rights and other topics considered sensitive by the Chinese government. The move comes shortly after the company was praised for not complying with a U.S. federal subpoena for its records.

Indie bookstores miss out on millions of e-book sales to big companies like Amazon. Bookshop.org's new platform could help them turn a new page.

The company behind the uber-viral water bottles is recommending customers affected by the recall reach out for a replacement part.