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The scientist is known as much for his contributions to theoretical cosmology and quantum gravity as for his willingness to make science accessible for the general public. His work is the topic of a new biography by science writer Kitty Ferguson.

San Diego Critics Give Out Annual Awards

Spielberg's Equestrian Epic Arrives for Christmas

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel died Sunday. The dissident playwright who led the 1989 Velvet Revolution against the communist regime is remembered for artfully weaving theater and politics. Fellow dissident playwright Ariel Dorfman shares how Havel inspired him and how he will be remembered.

Georgia schools Superintendent Kathy Cox won $1 million on the Fox TV game show Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? Cox pledged to give her winnings to schools for the deaf and blind, but her husband filed for bankruptcy. Now the creditors want the money.

Airs Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

The roller-coaster ride for one Seattle startup continues. One co-founder has left, the company may have to change its name, and the entrepreneurs have raised far less money than they had hoped. Despite all that, the team isn't giving up.

A Pair of SD Films Make It Into Next Program

Everybody knows that this GOP presidential hopeful favors low taxes, free markets and commodity-backed currency. But you might not know about Paul's past as a fraternity brother — or that his own party once pulled a dirty trick on him.

It speaks volumes about the purpose and meaning of the first visit to Myanmar by an American secretary of state in more than five decades. Aung San Suu Kyi is a living symbol of the struggle there for human rights and democracy.