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Twenty information technology scholarships worth at least $430,00 are going to Iraq and Afghanistan veterans in a unique collaborative program sponsored by wireless giant Qualcomm Inc. and Manpower San Diego.

Airs Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Tuesday, January 17, 2012 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Airs Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 9:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

The NPR education team brings you 25 books with minority characters and authors.

Ariel Djanikian's debut novel, The Office of Mercy, imagines a dystopian future America where government euphemisms mask state-sponsored murder. Reviewer Michael Schaub finds traces of George Orwell in the book, which he calls "an indisputable page turner with a surprising ending."

Airs Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012 at 8 p.m. & 11 p.m. & Sunday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off this morning at 11:26 Florida time. The launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis was the final one ever for the storied shuttle program.

Researchers are developing a technology that could draw carbon dioxide directly out of the air. It's very expensive now, but it works, and one company is already trying to identify a market for all that captured greenhouse gas.

The state's Republican Gov. Scott Walker has survived a recall election in one of the most closely watched and dramatic state races. He defeated Milwaukee's Democratic Mayor Tom Barrett.