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Weather seems to have become one of our mortal enemies. We battle the blazing sun, run from the rain and hunker down when it snows. Maybe it's time to recalibrate our attitudes.

Professor Daniel Rockmore is an art lover — and the chairman of the math department at Dartmouth College. He has united his two interests, art and math, to develop a program that analyzes pen strokes. The program gives art historians a new tool for detecting art forgeries, which are estimated to make up 20 percent of the worldwide art market.

With the conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program, American astronauts will rely solely on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft to reach orbit. Many Russians see this as an opportunity to create a smooth, collaborative future between Russia and the U.S. But not everyone sees it that way.

Airs Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The more oral sex someone has had, the greater their risk of getting oral cancers that grow in the middle part of the throat. Transmission of the human papillomavirus is the reason, a leading researcher says.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Trius, a local drug company, have combined efforts to find new antibiotics from the ocean.

Airs Monday, September 27, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Last year's class of California kindergartners had a record high percentage of parents who used a personal belief exemption to avoid immunization requirements, a development that concerns state health officials.

We want everything and we want it fast. And overnight. And yesterday. Many people see impatience as a national problem. But it's as American as microwave apple pie. And it just might be a virtue.

The southern California representative has sponsored 20 private bills in the past three legislative sessions, more than anyone else in the House of Representatives.