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First-year medical students are usually busy studying lots of basic science and medicine. One medical school is making a point of schooling them on how health care delivery affects their patients.

Airs Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at 10 a.m. on KPBS TV

From Facebook's algorithms to our reliance on phones instead of our memories, tech giants are taking us to a future that's either utopian or dystopian, author Franklin Foer says.

As the popularity of sour beers burgeons in America, scientists are going back to the drawing board in a quest to discover the perfect mix of new brewing microbes.

The words "strong" and "inspiring" are not usually assigned to garden slugs. But slug slime inspired materials scientists to invent a new kind of adhesive that could one day help heal human wounds.

A new study finds those who have an amputation early fare better than those who have an amputation later.

Dashiell Hammett's hard-boiled classic kicks off book and film series

Airs Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Watch Saturday, Aug. 9 at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 10 at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m., Saturday, Aug 23 at 6 p.m. and Sunday, Aug, 24 at 12:30 p.m. on KPBS TV (not available in the PBS app). Join Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, George Lucas and more for a tribute to the acclaimed filmmaker.

In Strange Practice, Vivian Shaw kicks off a new series about Dr. Greta Helsing, descendant of the famous Professor Abraham Van Helsing and general practitioner to the ghouls and ghasts of London.