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Cell Towers At Schools: Godsend Or God-Awful?

School districts are making deals with telecom companies to build towers on school property. The agreements give schools a bump in revenue, but what do parents think? And what does the science say?

Staff at Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute sluice juvenile white seabass into a cage at Santa Catalina Island, in Southern California, where they grow before being released into the ocean. Thirty-five years ago, the state launched the program to bolster waning white seabass numbers. Now the first scientific assessment of the program finds it had a stunningly low success rate.

$40 Million Later, A Pioneering Plan To Boost Wild Fish Stocks Shows Little Success

A California program begun 35 years ago to boost waning white seabass populations became a model for other states. Now the first scientific review finds the program had a stunningly low success rate.

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA), gay activists and others demonstrate outside the U.S. District Court 9th Circuit in Pasadena, Calif., in May. The Trump administration has been trying to convince courts that it is justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

Immigration Debate Shifts To Texas Judge Who Blocked 2015 DACA Expansion

Seven states are asking Judge Andrew Hanen for a preliminary injunction to force the government to reject renewals for young people currently enrolled in DACA and stop accepting new applications.

When Kids Ask (Really) Tough Questions: A Quick Guide

Is Santa real? Will you ever die? Children ask questions that can induce knee-buckling panic in adults. NPR's Life Kit and Sesame Workshop have research-tested strategies to help you with the answers.

When Kids Ask (Really) Tough Questions: A Quick Guide

Is Santa real? Will you ever die? Children ask questions that can induce knee-buckling panic in adults. NPR's Life Kit and Sesame Workshop have research-tested strategies to help you with the answers.

Someday, we might be able to customize the microbes we feed cows to help reduce their methane emissions.

Mysteries of the Moo-crobiome: Could Tweaking Cow Gut Bugs Improve Beef?

Microbe-free bovine life would be rough. Cows rely on single-cell accomplices for their digestion, so scientists are looking for ways to use these bugs to improve cows' eating and burping habits.

Brokton Harris reads a booked called "How to Behave and Why" in this childhood photo.

What Learning Looks Like: Decoding Social Cues On The Autism Spectrum

What new research out of San Diego State tells us about autism, and social blunders in general.

2018 KPBS Hall of Fame Visionaries Keith Behner, Catherine Stiefel, Sandra Timmons, and Rick Sandstrom with KPBS General Manager Tom Karlo, May 12, 2018.

Hall of Fame: 2018 Inductees

KPBS is proud to recognize Sandra Timmons and Rick Sandstrom, and Catherine Stiefel and Keith Behner as the 2018 Hall of Fame Visionary honorees. Each couple has made an incredible impact on KPBS’ ability to expand its mission.

For New Parents, Dad May Be The One Missing The Most Sleep

New moms get a lot of sympathy over lack of sleep, but studies find that dads may be hurting more, a new book on the science of parenting says. Bottom line: Both parents need help getting shut-eye.

Chris Junior Anaekwe, right, with three volunteers. They picked up trash in their city of Onitsha, Nigeria, for World Environment Day on June 5.

Whatever Happened To ... The Guy Who Got Those Teens To Pick Up Trash?

A few months ago, Chris Junior Anaekwe went viral for getting teens to cleaning dirty gutters in his hometown in Nigeria. How is his anti-trash campaign going?

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