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The experts of Emmy® nominated series ASK THIS OLD HOUSE® travel the country to tackle everyday home improvement projects. Richard Trethewey, host Kevin O’Connor, Roger Cook and Tom Silva answer homeowner questions with house calls.

ASK THIS OLD HOUSE: HVAC Zoning, Plaster Patch

Airs Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017 at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Google has allowed some researchers to sift through Google data searches to identify disease trends.

Disease Sleuths Analyze Google Searches To Stop Infections

Google is sharing detailed search data with academic and public health researchers to help them fight the spread of infectious diseases. Will it work?

This map, a screenshot from The Opportunity Atlas, shows household income in 2014-2015 for people born between 1978 and 1983 to low-income parents. In areas that are more red, people who grew up in low-income households tended to stay low-income. In areas that are more blue, people who grew up in low-income households tend to make more money.

The American Dream Is Harder To Find In Some Neighborhoods

A new data tool finds a strong correlation between where people grew up and their chances of climbing the economic ladder. Charlotte, N.C., hopes to use it to improve residents' economic mobility.

President Trump speaks as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo looks on during a news conference following the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit in Hanoi, on Thursday. Trump's second summit with Kim collapsed Thursday without an agreement between the two leaders.

Trump And Kim's Second Nuclear Summit Ends With No Deal

Talks between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended early Thursday. Trump cited continued sanctions against North Korea as a sticking point.

General Secretary of the Elysee Palace Jean-Pierre Jouyet, head bowed foreground at left, and the Elysee Palace staff observe a minute of silence on Thursday for victims of the shooting at the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, in Paris on Wednesday.

France Observes Moment Of Silence For 'Charlie Hebdo' Victims

Many in France marked the deadly assault yesterday on the offices of a satirical magazine by observing a minute of silence for the journalists and police killed by suspected Islamist extremists.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin wears Google's Project Glass prototype publicly for the first time while attending a charity function in San Francisco. Google is suspending public sales of its first generation of Google Glass next week.

Public Sales Of Google Glass To End Later This Month

Google says it will end sales of its first version of Google Glass, called the Google Glass Explorer Edition, January 19.

Anas Modamani speaks to the media Feb. 6 in Wuerzburg, Germany, after a court session about his lawsuit against Facebook. Modamani's suit, regarding the misuse of a selfie he took of himself with German Chancellor Angela Merkel was rejected, but his lawyer Lawyer Chan-Jo Jun, right, says that under a new law a lawsuit might not even have been necessary.

With Huge Fines, German Law Pushes Social Networks To Delete Abusive Posts

Social media companies could be penalized by as much as $58.3 million if they don't remove a malicious post from their platforms soon after it is reported — in some cases within 24 hours.

Cecilia Abadie is seen modeling her Google Glass as she talks with her attorney outside of traffic court on Dec. 3, 2013 in San Diego.

Google Glass Had A Rocky Rollout In San Diego

Google announced Thursday it will stop selling Google Glass in its current form. The wearable device had a rocky rollout, resulting in some bizarre San Diego stories.

Invisibilia: When Death Rocks Your World, Maybe You Jump Out Of A Plane

The first episode of this season's Invisibilia podcast explores how people cope when something happens that fundamentally shifts how they view themselves. The author's mother decided to try skydiving.

'The White Book' Finds Beauty In Loss

Han Kang's new novel isn't quite a novel — it's a gorgeous, hard-to-categorize series of reflections, themed around the color white, on grief, mourning and what it means to remember those we've lost.

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