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Airs February 21 - 25, 2011 at 10 a.m. on KPBS TV

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In Peshawar, the heart of Pakistan's turbulent northwest, violence has become a shaping force in the lives of young people. As NPR's team completes its series of stories on life along South Asia's Grand Trunk Road, a look at how the city's 20-somethings see their future.

This week, Comic-Con International, the largest comics and pop culture convention in the world, begins at the San Diego Convention Center. Back in the early 70s, Comic-Con was a much more focused and intimate affair, started by San Diegans who love comic books and science fiction. We'll talk with three of the original founders of Comic-Con.

The results from Iowa suggest what has been clear for months: Republicans remain divided about their presidential choices.

Two San Diego High School teams will compete in a solar-powered boat competition for the first time. The schools get started on the Solar Cup Saturday.

The dispute started when the federal government released a report that left the impression that most of the oil was no longer a problem. Some scientists couldn't believe what they were reading. They say between 70 and 79 percent of the oil remains in the Gulf of Mexico.

Scientists have unearthed a tool kit for making paint in a South African cave. At 100,000 years old, it looks to be the oldest evidence of paint-making to date, and indicates higher-order thinking. "I think we're going to find that these early people were smarter than we think," an anthropologist says.

The piggy-nosed, coldblooded animals are neither rats nor moles. But scientists hope the naked mole rat's newly sequenced genome may offer insights into not only aging but also cancer and other diseases.