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Researchers are launching a make-or-break study to test the conventional wisdom about what causes Alzheimer's disease.

Premieres Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS Video App. Who created the Nazca lines, one of archaeology's greatest enigmas, and why? Recent finds of long-hidden lines and figures etched into the Peruvian desert offer new clues to the origins and purpose behind these giant desert symbols.

DePape faces a maximum of 50 years in prison if convicted of the crimes against the immediate family of a U.S. official.

Musk has deleted a tweet in which he shared misinformation about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, but not before it had been retweeted and liked tens of thousands of times.

The oldest inmate at the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba was released, reducing the inmate population to 35. This is part of the Biden administration's ongoing push to close the prison.

In her first interview since Musk took the reins of Twitter, Margrethe Vestager said there will be serious penalties against Twitter if the platform ignores new European speech laws.

Law enforcement officials are warning of potential attacks against election officials, political candidates, religious minorities and others.

Dr. Benjamin Black talks about Belly Woman: Birth, Blood and Ebola — the inside story of what it was like to face a terrifying epidemic in West Africa.

Is there such a thing as a good war? And can a war, with its violence and legacy of suffering, ever be considered just? Join Professor Saba Bazargan-Forward of the Philosophy Department at UCSD in a discussion of Just War Theory and its use by rulers and nations in the preparation and conduct of war. The concept of a just war deals with the justification of how and why wars are fought. And who came up with this doctrine anyway that holds that a conflict can, and ought to meet and follow certain prescribed rules and conditions? Date | Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 6:30pm Location | San Diego Central Public Library Register here! For further information on this event please visit website: https://sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/philosophy-talk-theory-just-war

The idea is to show people the tactics and tropes of misleading information before they encounter it in the wild — so they're better equipped to recognize and resist it.