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Scientists have shown that the brain uses multiple checkpoints to make sure we get enough water, but not too much.

New Season Premiere Sundays, Jan. 9 - Feb. 13, 2022 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Encore Tuesdays, Jan. 11 - Feb. 15 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / On Demand. 1900s Vienna is a hotbed of philosophy, science and art. Dr. Max Liebermann’s extraordinary skills of perception and Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt’s determination lead them to some of the city’s most mysterious and deadly cases.

Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with KPBS Passport! Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe? Can we be sure how they will hold up in earthquakes, fires, and other potential disasters? What have—or haven’t—we learned from past tragedies?

The San Diego County Office of Education will be holding a job fair on May 20 to staff the Cuyamaca Outdoor School.

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

The Biden administration scrambles to respond as new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show overdose deaths surged to more than 100,000 fatalities.

As the Russian invasion blocks much of Ukraine's food exports elsewhere, ports in the far south are the few Ukrainian-run transit points for goods in and out of the country.

The meteor crash-landed off the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

A former science teacher who's been blind for 16 years became able to see letters, discern objects' edges — and even play a Maggie Simpson video game.

50th District Candidate, Ammar Campa-Najjar participated in an interview last week with a group called Defend East County. In the interview, Campa-Najjar made a number of controversial comments that have angered Democratic supporters. And, things are still rough for the San Diego tourism industry but the region's top tourism booster is hopeful. Plus, Prop 14 is asking voters to approve $5.5 billion in bonds to fund stem cell research. Supporters want the money to continue the science, but critics say the science didn’t do enough the first time.