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Teacher turnover is high at schools with large numbers of students living in poverty. Now California is pouring billions of dollars into two programs: One subsidizes college students in credentialing programs and the other offers money to districts that want to create community schools.

Scientists want you to know that most balloons come in peace. They're used for experiments to look at everything from cosmic rays to the ozone layer.

Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022 at 11 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 14 at 3:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now with KPBS Passport! Discover workable, weekly strategies and lifestyle suggestions that make improving memory fun and rewarding. Interviews with leading experts and computer animations explain and illustrate how memory works and how to maximize it.

The 16-member team will begin the study on Monday. The research, which will use unclassified data, will lead to a report that will be made available to the public next year.

Missouri AG Andrew Bailey has issued a rule that severely limits adults and youth from receiving gender-affirming care. The rule, the first of its kind, is scheduled to take effect Thursday.

The official curriculum for the new Advanced Placement course released Wednesday removed topics like Black Lives Matter that drew criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Enter the curious world of Mechanics Alive! and be delighted with this fun-filled, interactive experience that combines science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM). In this exhibition, you can explore small, surreal worlds through fantastical and amusing mechanical sculptures known as automata. These whimsical machines are brought to life by intricate arrangements of handmade cams, gears, cranks and other mechanical elements from basic engineering principles. The exposed inner workings of these creations reveal how each piece comes to life. Date | Saturday, October 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location | The Fleet Science Center Free admission for all attendees. Social media Fleet Science Center on Facebook Fleet Science Center on Twitter For more information, please visit www.fleetscience.org/exhibitions/mechanics-alive or call (619) 238-1233.

Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez have been drawing and writing their comic book series Love and Rockets since 1982.

UC San Diego opens the new Franklin Antonio Hall to make room and opportunities for engineering students.

A new study in PLOS Biology finds that bumblebees can learn to solve puzzles from each other — suggesting that even invertebrate animals may have a capacity for culture.