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Empathy campaigns can spread like wildfire on Facebook and other social media. So how come data shows that social networking sites direct very few clicks to charity donation pages?

A stroke patient who pursued stem cell treatments abroad says he trusted San Diego-based Stemedica based on its leaders’ credentials. But those credentials don’t always hold up to scrutiny.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is launching a new mobile application that tracks border crossing wait times.

Rick Bayless is a master of Mexican fare. He's also a white guy from Oklahoma. Over the years, that's made him the target of criticism. Who gets to be the ambassador of a cuisine?

The company says its Prime Air service will someday deliver packages up to five pounds in 30 minutes or less using small drones.

Airs Saturday, August 29, 2015 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

Yes, according to an economist who wrote a blog post that went viral in 2013. Now he has expanded the basics in a book, The Index Card.

Frustrated aid workers can find laughter and solace in Jaded Aid, which pokes fun at the bureaucratic business of global development.

The editor of the New England Journal Of Medicine is a big Red Sox fan. And so he framed the year in global health in baseball terms.

Films that raised the bar (and others that didn't)