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The California State School Board approved a new batch of science textbooks for local school districts Thursday. The materials highlight the latest scientific discoveries, like Pluto’s demotion. KPBS

San Diego's history as a gem mining and gem producing center is one of the county's best-kept secrets. The new exhibit called ALL THAT GLITTERS at the San Diego Natural History museum uncovers those sparkling secrets. We'll speak with the exhibit's curator and the owner of a present-day gem mine in San Diego.

President Bush's nominee to become the next surgeon general said Thursday he would resign rather than allow politics to push aside science. Dr. James W. Holsinger's Senate confirmation hearing came just two days after the last surgeon general told Congress that the Bush administration had manipulated the office for political purposes.

Women are often the ones who suffer the most during conflicts, while men are the ones who are celebrated for their accomplishments during times of war. A new series produced exclusively for the PBS audience is hoping to shine a light on the contribution women are making in conflicts happening around the world. We speak to filmmaker and philanthropist Abigail Disney about the new series Women, War & Peace.

A new study shows logging beetle-killed trees in remote backcountry forest areas may not reduce fire risk or beetle outbreaks. Researches say the logging is a waste of money.

Every year, buzzwords enter the American lexicon, like "octomom" or "crowdsourcing." Next year, "range anxiety" may top the list. It's the fear of being stranded in an electric car because the battery has run out.

The first ground-level radiation measurements from within a 37-mile radius of the disabled Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant do not reveal any immediate health threat — and perhaps not even any health problems measurable decades from now, if levels stay where they are.

U.S. officials fear the computer worm offers a blueprint for sabotaging industrial operations here.

The Stuxnet computer worm successfully damaged centrifuges at a nuclear facility in Iran. Now, officials responsible for defending U.S. infrastructure fear that Stuxnet may have provided a blueprint for adversaries who may want to sabotage industrial operations in this country.

Scientists have found that the key to living a long life doesn't just depend on having healthy habits -- genes matter too. If there were a medical test that could tell you whether you would live to 100, would you take it?