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Tasting expert Jack Bishop (pictured) challenges host Christopher Kimball to a tasting of premium butters. Kimball and the cast of AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED, the most-watched cooking show on public television and a 2012 Daytime Emmy® nominee, use a common-sense, practical approach to solve everyday cooking problems and help viewers save time and money.

America's Test Kitchen From Cook's Illustrated: Company's Coming

Airs Saturday, April 19, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. on KPBS TV

Carson Luke, 13, was injured when he was restrained at a school in Virginia when he was 10 years old.

National Data Confirm Cases Of Restraint And Seclusion In Public Schools

A controversial practice to tie, hold down or seclude agitated students mostly impacts kids with disabilities. Schools say it's for safety, but opponents say it's dangerous and a civil rights issue.

Supercomputer “Gordon” Lives Up To Flashy Name

San Diego’s new supercomputer “Gordon” is one of the fastest computers in the world.

Newly-made AR-15 rifles at Stag Arms in New Britain, Conn., last Wednesday.

Background Checks Bill Gains Backers On And Off Capitol Hill

The Senate was due on Tuesday to take up legislation embodying the bipartisan compromise reached by two senators, West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin and Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey.

Koala with joey on a tree, learning to adapt to the consequences of urbanization and habitat erosion.

NATURE: Cracking The Koala Code

Airs Wednesday, January 16, 2013 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Campers Mary Church and Jimmy Cong use their sense of smell to detect whether a chemical reaction has taken place.

Blind Teens Tap Into Senses At Chemistry Camp

Enchanted Hills, a camp in Northern California, offers blind students an opportunity to study science through smell and touch. The leader of the camp says chemistry is something you do with your brain, not your eyes. "Nobody can see atoms," he says.

Software Calculates City-Specific Carbon Footprint

Reducing carbon dioxide emissions is tough if you don't know exactly where those gases are coming from. Scientists at Arizona State University have invented a new way to pinpoint those sources — down to individual buildings and highways.

Deployed Military Women At Increased Risk For Post-Childbirth Depression

Military women who face combat in deployment after having a baby face an increased risk of depression, according to a new study from San Diego State University and Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton.

A bill that would tax soda is making its way through the legislature.

Thirsty Consumers Could Find Ways to Skirt Big Soda Bans

Soda bans like the one recently floated in New York City could easily backfire, according to a new study out of UC San Diego. In an experiment on limited soda sizes, participants actually bought more soda when jumbo cups were taken off the menu.

Friday's storm, which produced a mile-wide tornado, as it neared El Reno, Okla.

Why Chase Tornadoes? To Save Lives, Not To 'Die Ourselves'

The deaths Friday of veteran storm chaser Tim Samaras, his son Paul and their friend Carl Young when a tornado near El Reno, Okla., pummeled their vehicle has raised some questions:

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