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  • Composite: Fantasy close up scene of active volcano with fire, ice and smoke on the top.
    NOVA: ANCIENT EARTH (Series Finale this week!)
    Premieres Wednesdays, Oct. 4 – Nov. 1, 2023 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. THIS WEEK: The story of Earth can only be told because now, 4.5 billion years into its existence, a technological and self-aware animal species roams its surface, able to study the very planet that gave rise to it. But how exactly did Earth give rise to humans? Through stunningly realistic animation, witness the cataclysmic asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs, the tumultuous changing climates that allowed early primates to spread across the planet, and the geologic events that created the conditions for the evolution of an animal that walks upright on two legs.
  • Alexis Perkins, 25, tried to get a prescription for PrEP during a recent visit to her OB-GYN in Atlanta, but her doctor did not feel confident prescribing it.
    PrEP prevents HIV infections, but it's not reaching Black women
    A significant number of new HIV infections happen among Black women, and a health education effort in Atlanta wants to make sure Black women can access the HIV-prevention medicines known as PrEP.
  • Small-scale farmers in Africa will be the beneficiaries of huge humanitarian prize
    The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
  • In this undated file photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, caribou from the Porcupine caribou herd migrate onto the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in northeast Alaska.
    Biden ends drilling in ANWR, sparking criticism, as Willow Project moves forward
    The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to dozens of species — and to an ongoing political fight over oil and gas. Now, the Biden administration is hoping ending oil and gas leases will be a win.
  • A view of the stage during the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton on Jan. 09, 2022, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
    Tarnished Golden Globes attempt a comeback, after years of controversy
    On Tuesday, the 80-year-old Hollywood Foreign Press Association will hand out awards at a lavish party emceed by Jerrod Carmichael. Studios, networks, stars and publicists boycotted the 2022 ceremony.
  • Julie Chávez Rodríguez at the White House on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. Chávez Rodríguez is leaving her job as a senior adviser to run President Biden's reelection campaign.
    Julie Chávez Rodríguez grew up in the labor movement. Now she runs Biden's campaign
    Chávez Rodríguez is the granddaughter of labor leader César Chávez. President Biden has chosen her to run his reelection campaign.
  • People kayak past an abandon vehicle in the intersection of Boca Ciega Drive and Pasadena Avenue Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 in St. Pete Beach, Fla.
    Idalia extends its destruction along the southeastern U.S. coastline
    Hurricane Idalia made landfall near Keaton Beach, Fla., on Wednesday as a Category 3 storm before it was downgraded to a tropical storm. Georgia and South Carolina could see heavy wind and flooding
  • Vehicles line up in a several-hour wait to leave the Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nev., Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. The traffic jam leaving the festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered a second day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded there for days.
    No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods
    An unusual late-summer storm turned the weeklong fest into a sloppy mess, with tens of thousands stuck in foot-deep mud and with no working toilets.
  • 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'
    A self-proclaimed lady's man, Sir John Falstaff, is down on his luck and decides to restore his fortunes by seducing the wives of two wealthy citizens. He sends Mistress Page and Mistress Ford identical love letters, but they discover his double-dealing and set about on a creative plot of revenge to end his mischief. This bright, funny, and fast-paced comedy is Shakespeare's own sitcom. Play by William Shakespeare. Directed by Tracy Williams. Tickets: General $16, Seniors/Staff $13, Students $11, Preview $11 Preview: November 10, 7:30 p.m. Evenings: November 12, 16, 17, 18 & 19, 7:30 p.m. Matinees: November 12, 13, 19 & 20, 2 p.m. Seating is reserved. Children under the age of 5 are not admitted to the theatre. The house manager reserves the right to change seating for those who arrive after the show has started.
  • Mosquitoes spread malaria. Now researchers hope that a gene drive technology could turn them into malaria fighters. Although not every scientist thinks it's a good idea to genetically modify a wild animal.
    Mosquitoes spread malaria. These researchers want them to fight it instead
    Scientists have used a gene-editing technique to make mosquitos allies in the fight against malaria. Environmentalists are troubled by the idea of genetically modifying wild animals.
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