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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet speaks at a climate event in Madrid in 2019. A recent report of hers warns of the threats that AI can pose to human rights.

The U.N. Warns That AI Can Pose A Threat To Human Rights

A new report by the U.N. human rights office warns that artificial intelligence has the potential to facilitate "unprecedented level of surveillance across the globe by state and private actors."

Philip Morris International is buying Vectura, a large asthma inhaler maker, in a move that health groups have urged Vectura shareholders to reject on both ethical and practical grounds.

Philip Morris Is Buying An Asthma Inhaler Company. Health Groups Are Suspicious

The purchase "is the latest reprehensible choice from a company that has profited from addicting users to its deadly products," the American Lung Association said.

Test cook Keith Dresser makes host Julia Collin Davison the perfect Pan-Seared Swordfish Steaks with Caper-Currant Relish.

AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN FROM COOK'S ILLUSTRATED: Summertime Staples

Stream now or tune in Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 at 2 p.m. on KPBS TV

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy

Hubble's iconic images captured the public's imagination. Will NASA's next big space telescope, which sees infrared light, produce astronomy scenes that pack a similar punch?

Sir Walter Raleigh, an English adventurer, writer and explorer of the Americas, founded a colony in North Carolina in 1587 that later disappeared. Archaeologists hope to uncover new clues about what happened.

Sir Walter Raleigh's Colony Vanished Over 400 Years Ago. Scientists Are Still Looking

Archaeologists hope a new search will unearth clues about what happened to 117 men, women and children who vanished from a North Carolina settlement.

Two views of the Eagle Nebula's "Pillars of Creation," both captured by Hubble. The left shows the pillars in visible light; the right image was taken in infrared light.

NASA Is Launching A New Telescope That Could Offer Some Cosmic Eye Candy

Hubble's iconic images captured the public's imagination. Will NASA's next big space telescope, which sees infrared light, produce astronomy scenes that pack a similar punch?

The unorthodox but brilliant DCI Vera Stanhope, played by BAFTA® and Golden Globe® winner Brenda Blethyn, is back to unravel more complex mysteries in Season 6 of VERA.

VERA: Season 6

Airs Thursdays, Oct. 15 - Nov. 5, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

The U.S. Capitol Dome is seen on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, the morning after a pro-Trump mob stormed the building as Congress was meeting to certify the votes of the Electoral College.

Trumpism Suffers Untold Damage In Its Collision With The U.S. Capitol

The president spent weeks attacking the election results, but not until the insurrection at the Capitol — a symbol of liberty and self-determination — did calls for an early transfer of power begin.

Elizabeth Is Missing On MASTERPIECE

Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Watch now with KPBS Passport! Glenda Jackson stars as Maud, a woman determined to find her missing friend Elizabeth – but can she solve the mystery of her disappearance before her dementia erases all the clues?

It's zombies and killers for Cinema Junkie's Halloween Double Dare, a pair of original horror plays recorded just for the KPBS podcast.

Cinema Junkie Podcast 205: Halloween Double Dare

Enjoy a pair of to-die-for treats recorded just for Cinema Junkie

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