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With NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft sealed inside its payload fairing, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket rides smoke and flames as it rises from the launch pad at Space Launch Complex-41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 10:02 a.m. EST Nov. 26. MSL's components include a car-sized rover, Curiosity, which has 10 science instruments designed to search for signs of life, including methane, and help determine if the gas is from a biological or geological source.

Airs Sunday, December 15, 2013 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

A makeshift latrine hangs over the water at the edge of Cite de Dieu, a slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Why Cholera Persists In Haiti Despite An Abundance Of Aid

The deadly bacteria continue to sicken and kill people in Haiti. And the epidemic won't stop until the country provides basic sanitation. Many Haitians still don't even have latrines.

Space shuttle Endeavour, attached to a 747, on the tarmac at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Shuttle Endeavour Lands At Los Angeles Airport

Space shuttle Endeavour crisscrossed California Friday, looping over landmarks in a last aerial hurrah before retiring to a Los Angeles museum.

Attorney General Kamala Harris convenes a meeting of coastal law enforcement, October 13, 2011.

Report Says California Targeted By Cyber-Gangs

Aside from long-time trafficking in drugs, guns and people, the report by California Attorney General Kamala Harris says criminals are turning to cybercrime to target businesses and financial institutions.

The orchids that produce vanilla beans have no natural pollinators in Madagascar; the plant must be pollinated by hand — a labor-intensive process with little margin for error.

A Peace Corps Stint In Madagascar Gave Him A Vision of Vanilla

The top source of vanilla beans sends its fragrant crop abroad for processing into extract. Now a former Peace Corps volunteer aims to boost Madagascar's economy by building a bean-to-bottle business.

Peabody Award-winning former CNN senior correspondent and anchor Mark Walton (pictured) offers an exciting, original blueprint for transforming our brains, unleashing our talents, and re-inventing our work, from late 40s to mid-70s and even beyond.

Boundless Potential With Mark Walton

Airs Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 1 p.m. on KPBS TV

Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner closes the front door of his building when arriving home in New York, on Thursday.

What Science Tells About Power And Infidelity

One researcher found that the most powerful people are 30 percent more likely to have an adulterous affair. Another researcher found that people with power overestimate sexual interest.

Self-help guru Harville Hendrix and his wife Helen LaKelly Hunt are offering free relationship therapy workshops to Dallas-area couples. Many of the couples who attend have never gone to relationship counseling.

One Wealthy Couple's Mission To Save Marriages, En Masse

An Oprah-endorsed self-help guru and his wife are devoting their weekends — and dollars — to large-scale, group relationship counseling sessions for couples who can't otherwise afford it.

The first Android watch may come from Motorola Mobility, a Google subsidiary that is in the process of being sold to Lenovo Group.

Google Redesigns Android To Power Smartwatches

The Internet's most influential company is trying to unleash a new era in mobile computing with a version of its Android software tailored for high-tech watches and other devices that can be worn instead of held.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki addresses the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans in Washington, D.C., Friday, shortly before he resigned under bipartisan pressure.

VA And Military Health Care Are Separate, Yet Often Confused

The health systems serving veterans and military members are different. But both are being scrutinized closely amid allegations of access and quality problems.

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