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Parents Get Some Help In Teaching Their Teens To Drive

A web-based program that puts Mom and Dad back in the learner's seat appears to improve their teenagers' driving performance, while getting them more time on the road.

In addition to heart problems triggered by some supplements, emergencies often arise when kids swallow dietary supplements meant for adults, according to the CDC analysis, or when older adults choke on the pills.

Dietary Supplements Send Thousands To ERs Yearly

More than 23,000 Americans end up in emergency rooms each year after taking dietary supplements, an analysis shows. Most cases are linked to weight-loss products or energy-boosting supplements.

Nick van Praag of Ground Truth meets with locals of Pakistan's Sindh Province in 2013 to see if they're satisfied with efforts to help them recover from previous floods and prevent damage from any future ones.

Billions Go To Victims Of Disaster And Disease. Does It Really Help?

Ground Truth is a new group with a simple yet revolutionary way of figuring out if disaster relief works: Ask the victims.

An assortment of organic vegetables are seen on display. A growing body of evidence documents how farming methods can influence the nutritional content of foods.

Is Organic More Nutritious? New Study Adds To The Evidence

Organic dairy and meat contain significantly more omega-3s than their conventional counterparts, a huge new study finds. It's the latest research to show organic production can boost key nutrients.

The Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, looking east toward 85 percent of the land that would be preserved under the Agua Hedionda 85/15 Plan, July 2015.

Despite Aggressive Measure A Campaigns, Many Carlsbad Voters Undecided

Proposed lagoon development goes to voters next week

Washington, D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser last month.

D.C. PAC Shutters, Highlighting Fine Ethical Line For Groups Across The Country

A group in Washington, D.C., collected money from government contractors to elect allies of the city's mayor, fueling fears of a pay-to-play culture.

Tollund Man, an Iron Age bog body, found in 1950 in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark. The man's physical features were so well-preserved that he was mistaken at the time of discovery for a recent murder victim.

NOVA: Ghosts Of Murdered Kings

Airs Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Sunday, Nov. 4 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2

The new box of Cheerios + Ancient grains cereal.

Fringe No More: 'Ancient Grains' Will Soon Be A Cheerios Variety

General Mills helped define the industrial era of American breakfasting with its ringlets of processed oats. Soon, it'll put out a version with "ancient grains," which aren't, actually, very ancient.

A child receives a polio vaccine during National Immunization Days in the Nigerian city of Kano.

It Turns Out That Fighting Polio Is Good Training To Fight Ebola

Nigeria knows how to beat back polio. And that's helped in the battle against Ebola. But other West African countries are struggling to beat the deadly virus — and neglecting anti-polio efforts.

The captain and crew of the Moriah Lee pose with sablefish caught off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Calif. A new study found that fishermen in the West Coast sablefishery were much less likely to engage in risky behavior — like sailing out in stormy weather — after catch share quotas were implemented.

Study: Program To Protect Fish Is Saving Fishermen's Lives, Too

Catch share programs — where fishermen are allotted a set quota of the catch --reduce the notoriously risky behavior fishermen are known for, like sailing in stormy weather, a new study finds.

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