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Airs Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 4 p.m. on KPBS TV

This back-to-school season, it's time to reevaluate a few common assumptions about how best to study. Benedict Carey, the author of How We Learn, says science shows that discipline isn't everything.

The Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla will use the funds to continue studying how advancements in genetics, coupled with wireless technology, could make healthcare more personalized, affordable and effective.

Airs Monday, February 4, 2013 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Tristan Walker, founder and CEO of Walker & Company Brands, and J.J. McCorvey, a writer at Fast Company, discuss the tech industry's diversity problem.

In a speech in Florida, Trump denied allegations that he touched women without consent. He blamed politicians and the media and called the election "a crossroads in the history of our civilization."

In the rollout of its new mobile operating system, Apple says it has made it technically impossible for the company to unlock phone data, even in response to a law enforcement warrant.

The appearance Monday of a new iPhone/iPad app called "NRA: Practice Range" is causing controversy. Critics say release of the game on the one-month anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., was callous. And they're also incensed that it's tied to the NRA, which has pinned part of the blame for mass shootings on violent video games.

Airs Saturday, August 24, 2013 at 8 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

Many, many more people used smartphones and other mobile devices to get information and updates during last week's fires.