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Andy Serkis returns as Caesar in "War for the Planet of the Apes" opening on July 14.

2017 Summer Movie Preview

Superheroes, pirates, and apes, oh my!

Linton (Tom Payne), Heathcliff (Tom Hardy) and Catherine (Rebecca Night).

Airs Sunday, March 26, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

This is a color-enhanced transmission electron micrograph image of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the bacterium that causes gonorrhea.

Gonorrhea — AKA The Clap — Is Excellent At Resisting Antibiotics

The sexually transmitted disease is typically not fatal but can cause a lifetime of suffering. And the go-to drugs are increasingly less effective.

Howard Chaykin drew this poster art for "Star Wars." The posters were given away at Comic-Con International a year before the film was released and now are worth thousands of dollars.

IDW Comic Art Gallery Highlights The Art of Marvel's 'Star Wars'

Original comic book art on display through Jan. 31

Sunset behind the peace sign on Waterworks Hill, Missoula, Mont. In the early '80s, a group of residents decided to commit an act of civil disobedience by painting a peace symbol on the face of an enormous communications panel that sat atop a hillside overlooking the town. "Beyond The Divide" traces the aftermath of this act.

Beyond The Divide

Airs Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Corinne Manley (left), veterinarian Kat Salcetti, Dominic Deluna, and dog mom Trochie Riley and her son watch as Salcetti takes off Momo's collar. Volunteer veterinarians and vet techs from Houston clinics were treating injuries, giving out warm towels to the soaking wet animals, and cleaning and disinfecting them from the dirty water.

Houston Shelter Offers Respite For Pets And Their Owners Displaced By Harvey

Before a convention center opened its doors and volunteer care to pets, their owners had to make a tough choice: Take shelter or stay with animals in floodwaters. But anxiety looms around what's next.

Gail Dougherty, 61, was a project manager at Intel until she retired in 2016. Now she is working part time at a health center, part of a fellowship paid by Intel as a regular retirement benefit.

At Intel, A Retirement Perk That Can Kick Off A New Career As A Paid Fellow

The tech company pays retirement-age employees a stipend to transition to jobs with mission-driven nonprofits. And for some, the fellowship can turn into a second act.

Backpacks and cleaning supplies lie in the hallway of Westside Middle School in Jonesboro, Ark., on March 25, 1998, one day after the shooting.

20 Years Later, Jonesboro Shooting Survivors Conflicted Over Parkland

Saturday's gun control march falls on the 20th anniversary of a horrific Jonesboro, Ark., middle school shooting and has divided survivors along with the rest of the country.

LA Schools To Apple: You Owe Us

The Los Angeles Unified School District wants Apple to pay up for poorly performing software on its iPads.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) joins Russia's federal highway agency head Roman Starovoit (left) and Crimean leader Sergei Aksyonov (second from left) on a visit to the Kerch Strait bridge construction site on Tuzla Island on March 18. The bridge will link Crimea to mainland Russia.

Russia's Crimea Bridge Project Beset By Engineering Worries And Labor Woes

Russia is racing to build a bridge to Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula it annexed in 2014. The strategically vital project is beset by charges of near-slave labor for workers and engineering concerns.

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