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In 1851, Prince Albert embarked on his greatest gamble, the Great Exhibition (pictured), the world’s first trade fair with over 100,000 exhibits housed in a vast palace, the largest glass structure on Earth.

Prince Albert: A Victorian Hero Revealed

Airs Sunday, Jan. 3, 2020 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2

Falcon 9 rocket first stage booster experiencing control problems and missing a landing zone at Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Christmas Dinner Rocketed To International Space Station

A cargo that included 5,600 pounds of supplies, science experiments and holiday dinner treats for the crew was launched on Wednesday.

Kratom products are legal in most states and are widely available. But the federal Food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement Administration worry that kratom carries the risk of physical and psychological dependency and, in some people, addiction.

The Kratom Debate: Helpful Herb Or Dangerous Drug?

Some people struggling with opioid addiction who switched to kratom swear the herb salvaged their lives. But federal agencies and the brother of a man who died from his kratom use warn of its risks.

Rachel Barenbaum's 'A Bend In The Stars' Tells A Tale Of Injustice And Romance

Barenbaum says she was inspired by the story of Albert Einstein's race to prove his theory of relativity. The novel digs into questions of philosophy, time, and whether rules are meant to be broken.

Sun shining through the trees, July 5, 2018

UN Climate Report: Change Land Use To Avoid A Hungry Future

Human-caused climate change is dramatically degrading the Earth's land and the way people use the land is making global warming worse, a new United Nations scientific report says.

A researcher showed people a picture of The Thinker in an effort to study the link between analytical thinking and religious disbelief. In hindsight, the researcher called his study design "silly". The study could not be reproduced.

In Psychology And Other Social Sciences, Many Studies Fail The Reproducibility Test

Many social sciences experiments couldn't be reproduced in a new study, thus calling into question their findings. The field of social science is pushing hard to improve its scientific rigor.

Faced with a rat trapped in a restrainer, a free rat opens the trap's door to liberate the trapped animal (while stepping on its head — "very rat-ish behavior," says University of Chicago neurobiologist Peggy Mason).

To Come To The Rescue Or Not? Rats, Like People, Take Cues From Bystanders

Experiments in people have long shown that the presence of indifferent bystanders hurts the chances that someone will help a stranger in an emergency. Rats, it turns out, behave the same way.

At the Gemological Institute of America lab in Carlsbad, a researcher shines a light through a diamond bracelet to see if the diamonds are natural or lab-grown, on July 3, 2019.

Carlsbad Scientists Staying Ahead Of Lab-Grown Diamonds, Which Could Shake Up Jewelry Industry

Diamonds grown in a lab are chemically the same as diamonds that come from the Earth, but many people still value them differently.

To Come To The Rescue Or Not? Rats, Like People, Take Cues From Bystanders

Experiments in people have long shown that the presence of indifferent bystanders hurts the chances that someone will help a stranger in an emergency. Rats, it turns out, behave the same way.

As the world prepares to ring in 2020, many people are arguing over whether a new decade will also begin on Jan. 1 or whether it will actually begin on the first day of 2021.

People Can't Even Agree On When The Decade Ends

In these binary times, it might not surprise anyone that people can't even agree on when one period of time ends and another begins.

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