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Debnath Mondal (front right), who survived a tiger attack in 2010, patrols the banks of the Sundarbans tiger preserve with another forest guard and a boat skipper.

In India's Sundarbans, People And Tigers Try To Coexist In A Shrinking Space

The vast patchwork of islands on a delta where three rivers meet is home to hundreds of tigers and 4 million people. As climate change squeezes the land they share, is increased conflict inevitable?

Trying To Get The Kids To Put Down Those Phones? Here's Help

You can nudge your kids' relationship with digital technology in a more healthful direction, but warning: It's going to require parents to change, too.

A toddler is held up to the camera in this still image taken from video said to be shot in Madaya on Tuesday. Warnings of widespread starvation are growing as pro-government forces besiege the opposition-held town in Syria.

Syrian Regime Allows Aid To Besieged Villages After Outcry Over Starvations

Bashar Assad's government will allow U.N. aid to enter three villages, including Madaya, where Doctors Without Borders has reported 23 deaths from starvation since Dec. 1.

Neanderthals, represented here by a museum's reconstruction, had been living in Eurasia for 200,000 years when Homo sapiens first passed through, and the communities intermingled. The same genes that today play a role in allergies likely fostered a quick response to local bacteria, viruses and other pathogens, scientists say.

Itchy Eyes? Sneezing? Maybe Blame That Allergy On Neanderthals

At least three genes that predispose some of us to hay fever and other allergies came from Neanderthal DNA, scientists say. The genes likely boosted the immunity of our early ancestors.

From Yellowstone To Grand Canyon, WPA Posters Celebrate National Parks

If you've ever been to a national park gift shop, you may have seen reproductions of these prints for sale. Of more than 1,000 originals, only 40 are known to survive.

Children in the classroom. Discover how the science of learning can help us reimagine the future of education for all children.

NOVA: School Of The Future

Airs Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Migrants walk past makeshift shops and shelters at a camp known as "The Jungle" in Calais, France, on Sept. 6. Overcrowding has become an issue in the camp. "I imagined a little camp," says Calais resident Nicole Cordier, who has protested against The Jungle. "Not an immense camp like this one. This is a city."

For One French Woman, An Eye-Opening Visit To Calais' Refugee 'Jungle'

The camp has grown to 9,000 people. Calais residents oppose it and want it shut down for good. But when one protester goes there for the first time, she is moved and surprised by what she sees.

Biryani is a popular South Asian dish made with rice and meat, fish or vegetables. Though it is rarely made with beef, it has recently become the target of some Hindu activists in India who want to protect the holy cow.

India's War On Biryani Mixes Caste, Religion, Cow-Avenging Vigilantes

In an effort to save the sacred cow, one Indian state is attacking biryani, the much-loved rice and meat dish. The police is collecting biryani from homes and shops to test if it contains beef.

A photo shows a scorched hotel room in the Radisson Blu in Bamako, Mali, Saturday, one day after a deadly jihadist siege at the luxury hotel.

Mali Hunts More Suspects In Extremists' Deadly Attack On Hotel

One day after gunmen attacked the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital and killed at least 19 people, the authorities are looking for at least three suspects, in addition to the two who died Friday.

Crime scene investigation vehicles drive to the location of a multiple shooting in Pike County, Ohio, on April 22.

Ohio's Attorney General Calls Pike County Killings A 'Coldblooded' Massacre

Mike DeWine said investigators discovered "commercial" marijuana-growing operations at some of the murder sites. Eight members of the same family were found dead at four homes in Pike County, Ohio.

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