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In <em>Sully,</em> Tom Hanks plays Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, the airplane captain whose unprecedented landing on the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 2009, saved the lives of 155 passengers.

An Unforgettable 208-Second Flight Creates A Bureaucratic Frenzy In 'Sully'

A new film stars Tom Hanks as the airline captain who made an emergency landing on the Hudson in 2009. Critic David Edelstein says that Sully's flight sequence is by far the best part of the film.

A computer model could map the paths a cancer is likely to take.

A Map To Help Cancer Doctors Find Their Way

A computer program can map cancer progression in much the same way historical explorers drew maps of the Earth without satellite imaging. Small bits of data can be pieced together to form a picture.

Henry Lloyd-Hughes as Ralph Whelan, Jemima West as Alice Whelan, Julie Walters as Cynthia, Aysha Kala as Sooni, and Nikesh Patel as Aafrin Dalal.

MASTERPIECE: Indian Summers: Season 2

Airs Sundays, Sept. 11, 2016 - Oct. 2 & Oct. 16 - Nov. 20 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

George Takei predicted Star Trek would be too sophisticated to last — but he says he's happy to have been proved wrong.

Much More Than A 5-Year Mission: 'Star Trek' Turns 50

Star Trek debuted on TV in 1966, and Starship Enterprise is still seeking strange new worlds. Co-star George Takei credits creator Gene Roddenberry's inclusive vision for Trek's enduring popularity.

MASTERPIECE: Churchill’s Secret

Airs Sunday, Sept. 11, 2016 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Alyson Abel reads sentences containing made-up words to Duncan Hawe as part of a research study on language processing, Aug. 29, 2016.

What Learning Looks Like: Researcher Teaches Fake Words To Watch Learning Happen

We're exploring learning at the cellular level in a new education series called "What Learning Looks Like." The goal is to help us understand how learning happens — or should happen — in our everyday lives.

A video released by the White Helmets, a team of volunteer rescue workers, shows men hosing down civilians after the reported chlorine gas attack Tuesday in Aleppo, Syria.

Syrian Regime Accused Of Using Chlorine Gas Against Civilians

Syria's government once again faces accusations of using chemical weapons against civilians. Activists and doctors say chlorine bombs were dropped in an airstrike on a rebel-held area of Aleppo.

Hungarian TV camerawoman Petra Laszlo is seen sticking out her leg as a young girl and other migrants run from a police line at Roszke, in southern Hungary, in September 2015.

Hungary Indicts Camerawoman Accused Of Kicking Migrants

Petra Laszlo became emblematic of anti-migrant sentiment in Hungary last year after she was caught on camera sticking out her leg to trip a migrant as he ran from police.

More than a month and a half after Shack Shack opened its first store in South Korea, in the Gangnam District of Seoul, the lines remain incredibly long, as our photographer confirmed last Friday.

What's Behind South Korea's Shake Shack Fever?

Koreans have been lining up for hours to sample the food at the Seoul outlet of this American burger chain. A South Korean sociologist looks at the factors behind the frenzy.

In 1962, a local leader in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea asks Fore men to stop the sorcery that he believes is killing women and children.

When People Ate People, A Strange Disease Emerged

For decades, a rare disease crawled across Papua New Guinea. When scientists realized what was behind kuru, it caught everyone by surprise. But similar diseases can still be transmitted through food.

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