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How different news stories are presented by various news sources is rarely uniform. Different news outlets have different takes, or present different aspects of a story or highlight different facts about it, and this shapes what consumers of that news take away from the story. Add the internet and social media algorithms and you wind up with what are referred to as "filter bubbles" where, depending on which news sources you pay attention to, different people develop fundamentally different understandings of the same events or stories. We learn about AllSides Technologies, whose team uses various methods to estimate the perceived political bias of news outlets and then presents different versions of similar news stories from sources they’ve rated as being on the political right, left, or center, with a mission to show readers news outside their filter bubble and illustrate media bias.

A local FTC robotics team called Java the Hutts is heading to Houston next week to compete in the FIRST World Championship. Java the Hutts has been a team for eight years, with students from across Southwest Florida moving through program as some age out. This is the team’s third qualification to Worlds — they brought home the World Champion title once before in 2022. We talk with three of the Java the Hutt team members to learn about their team, the FIRST competitions, and how engaging with robotics is helping them prepare for the world ahead.

High mortgage rates cooled home sales over the last few years. But data released this week shows signs that things may be thawing a bit.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano resumed erupting Friday by shooting an arc of lava 100 feet into the air and across a section of its summit crater floor.

2024 Republican National Convention | RNC Night 4 | PBS News special coverage

From fruit flies to snake venom, evolutionary biologist Sean Carroll explains what drives evolution.

From Moab to Arches, Sophie examines the (literal) science of horsepower.

A museum, a university, and a festival remind Sophie that home is where the science is.

Sophie and team face the challenges of 12,000-ft elevation and a bullet run through middle America.

Sophie finishes her coast-to-coast-to-coast trip, completing her biggest science experiment yet.