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A municipal police officer holds a no-touch forehead thermometer at a checkpoint amid increased restrictions on residents' movements in an effort to curb the spread of the new coronavirus in Niteroi, Brazil, Monday, May 11, 2020.

Forehead thermometer readings may not be as accurate for Black patients, study finds

Forehead thermometers were significantly less likely to have accurate readings for Black patients compared to oral thermometers. There could be two reasons for this.

Pro-democracy activists tear a placard of Winnie-the-pooh that represents Chinese President Xi Jinping during a protest against a proposed new security law outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong on May 24, 2020.

Opinion: The autocrat threatened by Winnie the Pooh

The slasher film Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey has been pulled from theaters in Hong Kong and Macau - and not because of its terrible Rotten Tomatoes score. The Silly Old Bear has been used in protest memes against President Xi Jinping.

Cameron Frazier and Gabrielle Cistrunk. Cameron wore an embroidered white suit, with blue sequins on the lapel and the bottom of the legs. His shoes featured blue sequin trim.

At this prom, black tie takes a back seat

Prom used to be all about the girls' dresses. But now young men are setting fashion trends with their own outfits.

Amy Sherald working in her Jersey City studio. From the Art21 series ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, Season 11

ART21: ART IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: Everyday Icons

Premieres Friday, April 7, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 and the PBS App + Encore Tuesday, April 11 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV. Four contemporary artists breathe new life into some of humanity’s oldest artforms, icons and monuments, creating paintings, sculptures, and films out of everyday objects and popular culture. Includes Michelle Obama portrait painter Amy Sherald.

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon mocked Asian languages in a commencement speech Saturday.

A university chancellor apologized after mocking Asian languages in his speech

Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keon apologized for "offensive and insensitive" remarks he made onstage during a commencement ceremony.

Detailed view shows inscriptions on a sandstone rock, believed to be the world's oldest runestone inscribed almost 2,000 years ago, making it several hundred centuries older than the earliest known ones.

Opinion: The lessons we can learn from 'idiberug'

NPR's Scott Simon wonders about 8 characters on an old runestone found in Norway. It goes on display today, so others may look and ponder. It is a curse? A love poem? A receipt for Viking take out?

Hip-hop's first 50 years have yielded expansion across the globe and domination of digital spaces. As the internet has collapsed physical gaps, major artists from outside the United States, like (clockwise from top left) Little Simz, Drake, Bad Bunny, Blackpink and Rema, have been able to communicate with American rap culture in real time.

2023 'Til Infinity

Giving rap the future it deserves means smashing the infrastructure as it is. But with the battle lines drawn, we can still take heart in the artists teasing just how much further the culture can go.

Players on both teams celebrated on the field after the HBCU Swingman Classic concluded.

At the HBCU Swingman Classic, pro baseball confronts its decline in Black players

Jackie Robinson's sport is at a low point in professional Black American representation. An exhibition game spearheaded by Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. and others aims to help change that.

An image from an electron microscope of the monkeypox virus (orange) on infected cells (green).

COVID sewage surveillance labs join the hunt for monkeypox

Wastewater testing has proved a reliable early alarm bell for COVID-19 outbreaks. U.S. researchers are now adapting the approach to track the explosive spread of monkeypox, and maybe other viruses.

Sean Rigby as Jim Strange, Roger Allam as Fred Thursday and Shaun Evans as Endeavour Morse

ENDEAVOUR, THE FINAL SEASON (Finale this week!)

Premieres Sundays, June 18 - July 2, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. Stream Seasons 1 - 8 now with KPBS Passport! The beloved series comes to a brilliant end this June. Shaun Evans as the young Morse and Roger Allam as his superior officer face baffling new crimes and an unsolved case from the past. You won't want to miss the final episodes the London Times praised as "classy, poignant." Mark your calendar for the Season 9 premiere on Sunday, June 18, 9/8c.

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