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States Wrestle With Legalizing Payments For Gestational Surrogates

The Minnesota legislature is considering letting women who act as gestational surrogates get paid for carrying a fetus for other parents. States vary widely in their approach to the practice.

SUFFRAGETTES FOREVER! THE STORY OF WOMEN AND POWER

Airs Tuesday, Nov. 1, Wednesday, Nov. 2, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 at 11 p.m. & repeats Sunday, Nov. 6 from Noon - 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

Carmen Kcomt, a legal advocate who leads the anti-human trafficking program at La Maestra Community Health Centers, points to the open cases in a filing cabinet the each represent a victim of human trafficking, April 27, 2017.

Trafficking Victims Find Lifeline At City Heights Agency, But Funding May Run Dry

A nonprofit in City Heights runs an anti-human trafficking program focused on assisting immigrant victims, but it may not have enough funding to finish out the fiscal year.

The ruins at Herodium, West Bank, where filming and scanning took place.

TIME SCANNERS: Jerusalem

Airs Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2016 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

California’s Ambitious Single-Payer Plan Isn’t Dead — Yet

California’s single-payer bill, SB562, has been shelved for now because it lacks a plan for its $404 billion cost. The issue may come back for debate when the legislature reconvenes Sept. 21.

This is the actual NASA graphic illustrating the "Space Poop Challenge."

Space Poop Problem-Solvers Take Home Cash Prizes From NASA

NASA was looking for help from the public in solving a very specific challenge: How to deal with poop in a spacesuit. The winners included doctors, a dentist, a product designer and an engineer.

A federal law that aims to put insurance coverage of mental health care on equal footing with physical health care hasn't succeeded fully.

Federal Panel Calls For Stricter Enforcement Of Mental Health Care Parity Law

Since a federal parity law was enacted in 2008, health insurers and employers have made progress toward improving coverage for mental health and substance abuse. But enforcement has been lax.

Pullman, author of the <em>His Dark Materials</em> trilogy, holds a copy of its concluding volume, <em>The Amber Spyglass</em>. The first book of a new series will be published in Fall 2017.

Author Philip Pullman Announces A Follow-Up Trilogy To 'His Dark Materials'

The British author talked to NPR about The Book of Dust, his return to the world of Lyra Belacqua and armored bears, the first volume of which will be published in October.

Astrophysicist Richard Gaitskell, from Brown University, leads a team hunting particles of dark matter about a mile beneath Earth's surface. No luck so far, but Gaitskell is still hopeful.

A Physicist Dreams Of Catching Dark Matter In The Act

Hold out your hand for a century, and 100 million particles of dark matter will pass through each second without leaving a trace. Still, a physicist in South Dakota thinks he may be able to catch one.

This undated artist' sketch shows the skyjacker known as D.B. Cooper from recollections of the passengers and crew of a Northwest Airlines jet he hijacked between Portland and Seattle on Thanksgiving eve in 1971.

FBI Is Giving Up On Solving The Mystery Of D.B. Cooper

The FBI says it is giving up on the D.B. Cooper investigation, 45 years after the mysterious hijacker parachuted into the night with $200,000 in a briefcase, becoming an instant folk figure.

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