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"Africa Now" is a new art exhibit at The World Bank showcasing contemporary African creations. Host Michel Martin visits the display and talks to curator Marina Galvani and Petros Ghebrehiwot, an Eritrean artist, whose work is featured in the exhibit.

In a reversal, NASA promises to release the results of an air safety survey. The study was based on four years of interviews with thousands of pilots of commercial and general aviation aircraft. It suggests that the skies are more hazardous than the government has acknowledged.

If someone were to ask me what movies would make good musicals, never in a million years would I say the 1980 film

Weber takes the title for his film from the Chet Baker album that changed his life when he picked it up as a teenager in Pittsburgh. So began a decades-long obsession with Baker’s life and career. Weber came to make this documentary because he was a fan (investing his own money in the making of the film). But such adoration doesn’t always make for the best perspective in a documentary. The portrait can be too flattering or too gushing. But Weber finds the perfect balance of awe and honesty, showing us what seduced him as well as what existed behind the mesmerizing and iconic image.

Knock Knock Knock

Photographer Robert Capa (1913-1954) photographed famed artist Pablo Picasso with his once lover Françoise Gilot in 1948 and I had to share it.

Why is it important that people exercise in their senior years? We discuss what kinds of exercises seniors should do, and the long-term health benefits that can be gained from staying physically fit as we age.

Airs Sunday, March 2, 2014 at 2:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Tijuana River Valley residents say the new border fence is blocking drainage channels. Residents say rain is washing dirt from the new fence project into flood channels.

A group of nations, including the U.S., wants to invest in nuclear fusion as a source of energy. But adopting the process that fuels our sun to create power on Earth won't be easy -- or cheap. On Tuesday, the group called ITER will decide whether to spend another $17 billion on a lengthy experiment.