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Tech companies that cooperated with government intelligence-gathering efforts by allowing access to their databases say they did so only reluctantly and that it never involved 'direct access' to servers, according to The New York Times.

A new military medal that honors drone pilots and ranks above a Bronze Star has raised the ire of many combat veterans. A new online petition urges the White House to demote the medal.

A mile-deep mine in South Dakota was closed a decade ago. Now, it's been cleaned up and revamped as an underground science laboratory. Scientists hope the experiments thousands of feet underground will help prove the existence of dark matter.

Steven T. Seagle's new graphic novel, Genius, follows once-golden physicist Ted as he grapples with family troubles and malaise at work. Reviewer Glen Weldon says Genius is an "achingly felt portrait of man coming to terms with the role chance plays in human lives."

A federal judge in Little Rock, Ark., approved a settlement today that ends decades of litigation over school desegregation there.

Huge crowds packed arenas to watch the world's best pedestrians walk in circles for six days at a time. And trainers encouraged the athletes to drink champagne — at the time considered a stimulant.

Top-ranked archrivals Michigan and Ohio State faced off Wednesday night on the basketball court for the second time in this season (Michigan won in overtime to split the series).

This is the second story in a two-part report about sexual assault of agricultural workers in the U.S.

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer will collect cosmic rays and was designed to search for antimatter created during the Big Bang. The project was nearly scrapped, but the persistence of one key researcher kept it alive. It will be carried to the space station aboard space shuttle Endeavour's final flight.

Airs Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 2 p.m. & 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV