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R&D Costs For Cancer Drugs Are Likely Much Less Than Industry Claims, Study Finds

Industry says it costs about $2.7 billion to bring a cancer drug to market. But oncologists who ran the numbers put the average closer to $650 million. Drugs are priced way too high, the doctors say.

Residents of the community of Tujunga, Calif., flee a fire near Burbank on Sept. 2. Even people much farther from the flames are feeling health effects from acrid smoke.

Is All That Wildfire Smoke Damaging My Lungs?

Forest fires have brought a smoky haze to the West, along with stinging eyes, sore throats and headaches to people far from flames. Unseen particles of ash also make it hard for some to breathe.

Scott Bolton, left, and Rick Nybakken are seen in a post-orbit insertion briefing at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena following the solar-powered Juno spacecraft entered orbit around Jupiter, July 4, 2016.

Juno Spacecraft Orbiting Jupiter Has Camera Made By San Diego Company

The Juno spacecraft was in its first full day orbiting Jupiter Tuesday after completing a 1.7-billion-mile odyssey lasting almost five years on a mission scientists hope will give them insight into the makeup of the planet and the origins of the solar system.

Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program

It was 15 years ago that Maine began the first, and still the only, statewide school laptop program. Experts worry that an attempt to bridge the digital divide might have widened it.

A roll of "I Voted" stickers sits on a table at an elementary school during the U.S. presidential election on November 8, 2016 in Dearborn, Mich.

A Tale Of Two Efforts To Improve Confidence In U.S. Elections

One effort, centered on President Trump's voter fraud commission, is mired in controversy. But efforts to improve communication between the feds and election officials are showing progress.

Walkers attack rebel forces in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."

Spoiler-Free Fan Reaction To 'The Last Jedi'

New 'Star Wars' sequel gets the mythology right and back on track

Photomosaic of downed B-25 bomber. The known B-25 twin-engine bomber wreck was in Madang Harbor. The B-25 type of aircraft was made famous by the "Doolittle Raid'' against the Japanese homeland in April 1942.

San Diego Researchers Find Missing World War II Bomber Off Papua New Guinea

An expedition led in part by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego located a missing World War II bomber off the coast of Papua New Guinea and surveyed another at the bottom of a harbor, it was announced on Tuesday.

Single malt Scotch whisky, produced at the Auchentoshan Distillery near Glasgow, Scotland, could benefit from a little water, a new paper suggests.

Chemists Say You Should Add A Little Water To Your Whiskey. Here's Why

It's a common refrain from whiskey enthusiasts: Adding a few drops of water to a glass opens up the flavors of the drink. Chemists in Sweden provide a molecular explanation for why this works.

The Horseshow Bend of the Colorado River located near the town of Page, Ariz. "Beyond The Mirage" explores the West's water crisis in detail, including how the region arrived at this point. It also examines emerging water conservation technologies and how they might offer solutions to this global issue.

Beyond The Mirage: The Future Of Water In The West

Airs Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

So You Flunked A Racism Test. Now What?

Scientists are working on ways to train our brains away from deeply held prejudices — including hacking your subconscious while you sleep.

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