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The 2007 Nobel Prize in physics will be shared by two Europeans who discovered the physics that allows computer hard drives to compress large amounts of data. The prize was awarded to Albert Fert of France and Peter Grunberg of Germany.

Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times and his family just returned from Zimbabwe. He reported on many people's harrowing everyday lives under President Robert Mugabe. Kristof talks about the trip, and explains why Zimbabwe is still one of his favorite travel destinations.

The 2010 Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism, literature and musical composition were announced on Monday. The Washington Post won four awards, but most of the journalism prizes went to small or midsize papers.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Discover the story of the dreaded disease that gripped the nation in fear, leaving thousands paralyzed. The film weaves personal accounts of polio survivors with the story of the ardent crusader who tirelessly fought against it.

Bestselling author Anchee Min's new historical novel is about the early life of Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl S. Buck, who grew up in China. The book is called "Pearl in China" and tells a story of a life-long friendship between Buck and a peasant girl. Through riots, abusive husbands, fame, jealousy and the Cultural Revolution, their powerful friendship allows Min to explore Buck's compelling life and China's early 20th century history.

President Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed the nations' first strategic arms treaty in nearly two decades on Thursday, aiming to draw down their nuclear arsenals by as much as one-third. Obama praised the so-called New START as a chance to "reset" strained relations with Moscow.

Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS 2 + Monday, Dec. 19 at 7 a.m. on KPBS 2 / No longer available on demand (find it on Apple TV). Two and a half millennia ago, a new religion was born in northern India, generated from the ideas of a single man, the Buddha. He was a mysterious Indian sage who famously gained enlightenment while he sat under a big, shapely fig tree. The Buddha never claimed to be God or his emissary on earth. He said only that he was a human being who, in a world of unavoidable pain and suffering, had found a kind of serenity that others could find too.

In Anthill, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard biologist uses "the most warlike of all creatures" as a metaphor for how human societies start wars. Wilson tells NPR he was compelled to write a novel to affect public opinion on conservation.

The main character of Ian McEwan's Solar is a Nobel Prize-winning climate change scientist who visits the Arctic. McEwan was inspired by humanity's ability to corrode good intentions with pettiness.

This week on Weekend Preview: Thai food, beer tasting, a little art and a little bit of cinema. Joining us is Performance Magazine editor Maya Kroth.