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Police are getting better tools for mining data. They're supposed to make law enforcement more surgical, but some say it's a high-tech justification for targeting certain places and people.

Professors Are Targets In Online Culture Wars; Some Fight Back

Across the country, in the past year and a half, at least 250 university professors have been targeted in cyber harassment campaigns because of their research, teaching or social media posts.

Pacific bluefin tuna for sale at the tuna market in Katsuura on the Kii Peninsula, the premium tuna auction in Japan. The new agreement to protect the tuna is aimed at putting the species on a path to recovery.

Countries Pledge To Recover Dwindling Pacific Bluefin Tuna Population

The long-term agreement would aid fish stocks that have fallen to just 2.6 percent of their historic size. The news comes at a time when Atlantic bluefin populations are also rebounding.

Caitlin Doughty, a mortician, vlogger and bestselling author, co-founded The Order of the Good Death and is a leading spokesperson for the death positive movement.

Into The Night: Portraits Of Life And Death

Airs Monday, March 26, 2018 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV + Friday, March 30 at Noon on KPBS 2

What Happens When A Country Bans Spanking?

Researchers look at countries that have prohibited corporal punishment for kids and their rate of youth violence.

Protestors holding pictures of people who died from use of paint removers, including Drew Wynne, protest outside a Portland, Maine, Lowe's store on May 10, 2018. They were trying to persuade the retailer to stop selling paint strippers containing methylene chloride.

Retailers Plan To Clear Deadly Paint Removers From Shelves, As EPA Delays Ban

A chemical in common paint removal products is implicated in more than 50 deaths. Even though a federal ban has been delayed, some major retailers are voluntarily taking the products off shelves.

Mehnaz sits inside her home in Abbottabad, northern Pakistan. She has one son and six daughters. She has also had three abortions, fearing she would have more girls.

Why The Abortion Rate In Pakistan Is One Of The World's Highest

Family planning researchers point to a number of reasons. The procedure itself is legal in Pakistan — but only in limited circumstances.

Each year, 3,000 to 4,000 cats are adopted through the Humane Rescue Alliance, and another 1,000 ferals are trapped, neutered and released in Washington, D.C. Cat lovers have joined up with bird lovers to count the feral cats in the city.

To Decrease Bird Kills, Cat Lovers Team Up With Bird Lovers In D.C. Cat Count

Outdoor cats kill as many as 4 billion birds each year in this country. But how many cats are there, really? Now a team of technicians is trying to count Washington, D.C.'s feral felines.

A moment from Embodied Labs' virtual reality video of Clay Crowder, a fictional 66-year-old man with incurable lung cancer. In this scene, Clay's family gathers around his bed, reassuring him that it's OK to let go of life.

Virtual Reality Helps Hospice Workers See Life And Death Through A Patient's Eyes

A Maine medical school and nearby hospice center are trying out a VR program aimed at fostering more empathy for dying patients among health workers-in-training. Not everyone is sold on the idea.

Leah Penniman made it her goal to start a farm for her neighbors, and to provide fresh food to refugees, immigrants and people affected by mass incarceration.

'Farming While Black': A Guide To Finding Power And Dignity Through Food

Leah Penniman's new book teaches farming to address issues such as racism, health disparities and food access. She also traces some farming technologies back to their widely unknown African roots.

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