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  • Which Countries Are Best At Preventing Low Birth Weight? Which Need To Do More?
    Which Countries Are Best At Preventing Low Birth Weight? Which Need To Do More?
    For the first time, the World Health Organization has estimated how well the world is doing to prevent low-weight births. The progress is too slow, researchers say.
  • In this Oct. 31 photo, a man has his face painted to represent efforts to defeat facial recognition. It was during a protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system.
    San Francisco Considers Ban On Government's Use Of Facial Recognition Technology
    The city is home to some of the world's largest technology companies, but it may ban the use of facial recognition software by police and city agencies.
  • Two white steel pulleys, part of a $16 million ride going up in eastern China's newest military-themed amusement park, Sun Tzu Cultural Park. They'll be shipped to the Qingdao port southeast of Beijing, where customers will have to pay a newly imposed tariff. Since last fall, Beijing has hiked the duty on U.S.-made amusement rides twice.
    A Not-So-Thrilling Ride For U.S.-Made Roller Coasters
    China is a big customer for U.S.-made roller coasters. But since President Trump's trade war, China has imposed steep tariffs on American rides. Some in the industry fear losing a lucrative market.
  • Trash sent for recycling moves along a conveyor belt to be sorted at Waste Management's material recovery facility in Elkridge, Md. In 2018, China announced it would no longer buy most plastic waste from places like the United States.
    U.S. Recycling Industry Is Struggling To Figure Out A Future Without China
    China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem.
  • An undated artist rendering of the coronavirus.
    2020 Coronavirus Blog Archive
    This is an archive of breaking news about the coronavirus pandemic.
  • A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway (pictured).
    10 Streets That Changed America
    Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+. Watch Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV. A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list!
  • Host Nan Sterman and San Diego Zoo Global native seed collector Stacy Anderson look at Tecate cypress tree seed cones which require fire to open and release seeds.
    A GROWING PASSION: Plants: The Endangered Species
    Watch Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Monday, Sept. 8 at 8:30 p.m. on KPBS 2. San Diego is a hotspot of biodiversity with more species of plants here than anywhere else in the world. Learn about endangered plants and how to care for them. We meet Dr. John Clark, the charismatic scientist who is executive director of the Center for Plant Conservation.
  • Container ships and other maritime vessels currently run on pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. The world's largest container-shipping company, Maersk, has promised to make its operations zero carbon by 2050. Doing so will require using new fuels such as hydrogen.
    The Dawn Of Low-Carbon Shipping
    The shipping industry is starting to move away from pollutant-intensive heavy fuel oil. Scientists and private companies are betting on a clean replacement technology: hydrogen fuel cells.
  • Narrated by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the documentary "D-Day: Over Normandy" focuses on the personal stories of those who served in the Second World War, and was filmed exclusively by drone camera on location on some of the most iconic locations in Normandy, France. The modern-day aerial footage is accompanied by interviews with World War II veterans, mixed with archival footage of the June 6, 1944 D-Day invasion, along with newly created maps and photo animations.
    D-Day: Over Normandy
    Friday, June 6, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Watch now with KPBS Passport! The documentary shows some of the most spectacular scenes of the landing beaches viewers some of the most iconic locations in Normandy from D-Day captured by one of France's top aerial drone camera companies films viewers have ever seen. combined with archival footage from June 6, 1944.
  • Instructor Kevin Baross leads a bike safety course as students stand mounted on their bikes in front of the Copley-Price Family YMCA, March 10, 2018.
    Class Aims To Keep City Heights Bike Riders Safe On Dangerous Streets
    The monthly course at the YMCA location near City Heights provides instruction in a classroom and on the road.
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