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Arctic Is Warming At 'Astonishing' Rates, Researchers Say

Scientists meeting in San Francisco issue their 2016 report card. "The Arctic as a whole is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet," one says, and it is getting progressively worse.

The U.K. coastguard and local boatmen recovered a piece of metal from the sea off the Isles of Scilly in Britain. The debris is likely from the U.S. rocket SpaceX Falcon 9, which blew up after takeoff in June.

Debris From U.S. Rocket Found Off English Coast

The piece of rocket, most likely from the unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 that blew up after takeoff in June, was covered in barnacles and originally mistaken for a dead whale.

The Orion capsule is poised to make its first test flight Thursday. If all goes as planned, the unmanned vehicle will orbit the Earth twice before splashing into the Pacific.

NASA Prepares To Test New Spacecraft (That You've Likely Never Heard Of)

The new vehicle, named Orion, is designed to carry humans into deep space. But most Americans aren't aware it exists.

Former first lady Laura Bush, left, talks in July about the dress her daughter Jenna Bush Hager wore to her 2008 wedding at the family's Crawford ranch, and the teal mother-of-the bride dress, right, that she wore the same day. The ensembles were among more than 60 featured in a retrospective on de la Renta's career that was shown at the George W. Bush Library and Museum.

Reports: Fashion Icon Oscar De La Renta Dies After Long Cancer Fight

Fashion designer Oscar de La Renta, 82, died Monday after a decade-long battle with cancer, The New York Times and other media outlets report.

At a one-room school in the Colombian Andes, students learn <em>convivencia </em>-- which means, more or less, the art of living together.

The One-Room Schoolhouse That's A Model For The World

Escuela Nueva (New School) isn't really new. But it is being praised as a kind of cutting-edge model that can teach the skills needed for jobs that robots can't do.

An artist's rendering of the BEAM inflatable annex attached to the side of the International Space Station.

NASA To Test Inflatable Room For Astronauts In Space

On Friday, a supply rocket is scheduled to send an inflatable module to the International Space Station. The expandable technology is being developed by a private firm.

Meet African-American musician Daryl Davis, who has a peculiar passion — meeting and befriending members of the Ku Klux Klan in an attempt to change their minds and forge racial conciliation, one racist at a time.

INDEPENDENT LENS: Accidental Courtesy

Airs Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 at 10:30 p.m. on KPBS TV

As regions of the world climb out of poverty, people eat more of whatever they'd been traditionally eating. Above: a scene from the market in Delhi, India.

A Global Alarm About Diabetes — And Don't Blame It All On Fast Food

The results of the first coordinated global look at the disease show a dramatic increase, especially in low- and middle-income countries.

A man leaves the headquarters of Uber in San Francisco in this undated photo.

Uber Settles California Lawsuit Over Background Checks For $10M

The San Francisco district attorney led the lawsuit that said Uber falsely claimed its criminal screening of would-be drivers was the most comprehensive available.

Martina Pappas makes an anti-Donald Trump banner at the San Diego County Democratic Party office, May 26, 2016.

San Diego Democrats Slam Trump, Make Banners Before Friday's Rally

One day before Donald Trump holds a rally in San Diego, local Democrats spoke out against the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and threw anti-Trump banner-making parties.

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