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According to one study, more than a third of college students don't measurably improve in critical thinking skills through four years of education. The study, presented in the new book Academically Adrift, measured, among other things, how much students improved in writing skills and how much they studied.

As part of our monthly segments on ethics in science and technology, we'll look at the controversy over researchers studying crime up close and personal.

Airs Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

In just a few months, the movement started a national conversation about inequality. With the end of many encampments, the movement is entering a new phase. Some say this dynamism will ensure success. Others think the movement will fail without political partners and compromise.

Airs Tuesday, June 21, 2011 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV

Few have as intense a relationship with monsters as filmmaker Guillermo del Toro. His award-winning film Pan's Labyrinth depicted real and fantastical monsters, while The Strain — the best-selling fantasy trilogy del Toro just wrapped up — re-imagines vampires as anything but romantic.

The former head of Libya's intelligence service, who defected and resigned as foreign minister Wednesday, is widely believed to have been one of leader Moammar Gadhafi's most trusted aides. He also had developed a close working relationship with the U.S., especially on counterterrorism.

Airs Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Where in the United States would you have to go to see the country's first sunrise of 2011? Turns out the answer is, "It's complicated."

Airs Monday, August 9, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV