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Magic bus team posing on a Matatu van in Nairobi, Kenya.

A Million Dollars Goes To An App That Brings A Better Bus Commute

The $1 million Hult Prize went to team Magic Bus. By cutting wait times in Nairobi, the bus crew makes customers happy — and boosts their own income.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have a new goal: cure, manage or eradicate all disease by the end of this century. And they're putting up $3 billion.

What's The Prognosis For $3 Billion Zuckerberg Health Plan?

The goal of curing all diseases "in our children's lifetime" sounds a lot like hype. But is it? It's the goal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife, Priscilla Chan.

Thomas Thwaites, in his goat suit, prepares to speak after receiving the Ig Nobel prize in biology from Nobel laureate Eric Maskin (economics, 2007) during ceremonies at Harvard University on Thursday.

Ig Nobel Awards Given For Rat Pants, Fly Catchers And Rocks With Personalities

Remember the guy who built a special suit to live like a goat? He, too, won an Ig Nobel this year. The prize celebrates eccentric, often amusing research and accomplishments.

White Helmet rescue volunteers work at the site of airstrikes in the rebel-held al-Mashhad neighborhood in eastern Aleppo on Wednesday.

Syria's Famed 'White Helmets' Group Says It's Being Targeted In New Offensive

Warplanes were pounding rebel-held areas of the northern city of Aleppo, and a group of volunteer search-and-rescue workers known as the White Helmets says its centers were targeted by airstrikes.

Nancie Atwell (center) poses with former U.S. President Bill Clinton (left) and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, after she won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize in Dubai on Sunday.

Nancie Atwell Of Maine Wins $1 Million Global Teaching Prize

A teacher who instills a love of books and writing has beaten out 5,000 educators around the world for a global honor.

A Web Of Trees And Their 'Hidden' Lives

What is the connection trees have to each other? Alva Noë discusses a new book about trees, what they know, what they need and how they act.

Nancie Atwell, center, poses with former President of the United States Bill Clinton, left, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, prime minister of the U.A.E. and Ruler of Dubai, after she won the $1 million Global Teacher Prize in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, March 15, 2015. Atwell has been teaching since 1973 and founded the Center for Teaching and Learning in Southport.

Nancie Atwell Of Maine Wins $1 Million Global Teaching Prize

A teacher who instills a love of books and writing has beaten out 5,000 educators around the world for a global honor.

Pati Jinich in her kitchen. In Season 5 of PATI'S MEXICAN TABLE, chef and cookbook author Pati Jinich explores the Mayan world in the Yucatán Peninsula. Embarking on a road trip that crosses three states – Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo – she meets with local producers, growers and chefs, both in restaurants and in their homes, to learn about the unique cuisine of the region.

PATI'S MEXICAN TABLE: Season 5

Airs Saturdays, Sept. 24 - Nov. 19 & Dec. 17 & 31, 2016 & Jan. 7 & 14, 2017 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Mel Brooks receives the National Medal of Arts during an East Room ceremony at the White House on Thursday.

At White House, A Golden Moment For America's Great Artists And Patrons

Two dozen luminaries — from Terry Gross to Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to Louise Glück — got laurels Thursday, as President Obama awarded the National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals.

At White House, A Golden Moment For America's Great Artists And Patrons

Two dozen luminaries — from Terry Gross to Mel Brooks, Morgan Freeman to Louise Glück — got laurels Thursday, as President Obama awarded the National Medals of Arts and National Humanities Medals.

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