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Mechanical engineering and technology students Craig Zehrung and Jim Stratton prepare to fire a supersonic, air-powered cannon that can shoot hail stones up to speeds of 919 miles per hour. At Purdue University in Indiana, USA.

Airs Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

How America's Idea Of Illegal Immigration Doesn't Always Match Reality

Border crossers, farm laborers, new arrivals from Mexico: There's no shortage of stereotypes about people living in the U.S. illegally. But the statistics tell a different story.

Mario Schlosser, CEO of the startup Oscar Health, says he's optimistic that Congress will come up with a humane health care bill.

CEOs Say They'll Sell Health Insurance Next Year, But Are Flying Blind

Health insurers have to let the government know Wednesday if they'll be selling policies on the federal exchange next year. But Congress has yet to tell them what those policies will cover.

Georgia O'Keeffe: A Woman On Paper

Airs Monday, June 11, 2018 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesday, June 12 at 11:30 a.m. on KPBS 2

This graffiti in a neighborhood in Cairo is emblazoned with the words "no harassment" in Arabic.

Apps Let Women Say #MeToo About Street Harassment

The authorities don't always listen. Women may be afraid to speak up. Around the globe, apps are giving them a place to document harassment on the streets.

Review: Sturgill Simpson, 'A Sailor's Guide To Earth'

For Simpson's first album since his 2014 breakthrough, the inventive country singer crafts a highly personal song cycle about order and insubordination.

Sir Harold W. Kroto, a winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, gave a lecture on nanoarchitecture in May 2007, in Brussels. "Find something to do where only your best effort will satisfy you," he advised students.

Listen: Sir Harry Kroto Was More Than A Nobel Prize Winner

He shared chemistry's top prize in 1996 for finding buckyballs, and had Lou Gehrig's disease when he died. Making art was his first love. "Remember your humanity," he said, "and forget the rest."

In Granite City, Ill., 500 laid-off steel workers are being called back to work following President Trump's steep tariffs that go into effect Friday on imported steel.

Illinois Town Tries Hard To Wean Off Of Steel

Residents of Granite City, Ill., are celebrating the new tariffs on imported steel, which are jump-starting the local economy. But they also worry about being too dependent on that steel mill.

A picture of Meret Oppenheim's September 1935 design notes for the prototype of her brass and ocelot fur bracelet. Pablo Picasso's comment about the bracelet may have inspired Oppenheim to wrap a teacup, saucer and spoon in fur as well.

'Luncheon In Fur': The Surrealist Teacup That Stirred The Art World

In 1936, the surrealist Meret Oppenheim wrapped a teacup, saucer and spoon in fur. In the age of Freud, a gastro-sexual interpretation was inescapable. Even today, the work triggers intense reactions.

Nordstrom is selling jeans with a "caked-on muddy coating" for $425.

The High Price Of Fake Authenticity: $425 'Muddy' Jeans Inspire Mockery

This week, the Internet discovered that Nordstrom sells premium denim with a "crackled, caked-on muddy coating" — that is, fake dirt. Former Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe had some thoughts about that.

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