NASA has been studying a planet called 55 Cancri e Transcript The planet is sort of Earth-like but much closer to its star. It has temperatures hot enough to melt and vaporize rocks and possibly oceans of lava with clouds that rain molten rock. A MAR...
Encore: Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland Transcript Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland A MARTINEZ, HOST: On a Massachusetts island, members of a Native American tribe are deter...
Senators try to zero in on ways to address gun violence that might become law Transcript A bipartisan group of senators is trying to settle on a narrow set of policies to address gun violence, following two shooting massacres in Texas and New York. A...
Senators, 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans, negotiate ways to find a gun deal Transcript NPR's A Martinez talks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, about senators' efforts to address gun violence. AMART?NEZ, HOST: We turn now to C...
Nadal advances after beating Djokovic in French Open quarterfinal match Transcript In their 59th meeting, Rafael Nadal was victorious in a quarterfinal showdown against Novak Djokovic. There's been an ongoing rivalry between the two tennis greats. LE...
COVID's genetic code was loaded into a computer and interpreted as music Transcript A microbiologist set genetic strands to music to help scientists develop treatments to fight disease. LEILA FADEL, HOST: This is the sound of the coronavirus. (SOUNDB...
Canada aims to cap the market for handguns with new legislation Transcript Canada's prime minister has introduced gun-control legislation that would freeze new handgun purchases, and introduce a mandatory buyback program for some assault-style weapon...
How undated ballots could affect Pennsylvania's GOP Senate race and voters' rights Transcript They arrived on time to be counted but in envelopes that were missing one detail a handwritten date. Now, according to the secretary of state's office, some...
A restaurant in Taiwan offers free sushi to those who have salmon in their name Transcript Hundreds of people changed their names, but Taiwan limits how many times citizens can make name changes. Without a change in the law, some are stuck with names...
It's been 5 decades since the first female rabbi was ordained in the U.S. Transcript Next month it will be 50 years since Sally Priesand was ordained as the nation's first female rabbi. Today, about 1,000 women rabbis have changed the course of Ameri...
'Who Will Clean Out The Desks' A crowdsourced poem in praise of teachers Transcript As part of teacher appreciation month, Morning Edition asked NPR's audience to write a poem about teachers who have had an impact on their lives. We put out this call...
European Union leaders agree to ban 90% of Russian oil by the end of 2022 Transcript The European Union embargo covers only Russian oil brought in by sea allowing a temporary exemption for imports delivered by pipeline. A MARTINEZ, HOST: After weeks...
A look inside the Ukrainian 'billionaire's battalion' fighting Russian forces Transcript KHARKIV, Ukraine One of Ukraine's wealthiest men is seated at a white piano in the lobby of a closed-down hotel in Ukraine's second-largest city. The multistory...
A computer program designed to sort mice squeaks is also finding whales in the deep Transcript Deep Squeak is the name of an artificial intelligence program that was designed to detect the high-frequency squeaks mice and rats make when they are stres...
Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards Transcript A lot of people who run for school board are parents or teachers; 19-year-old Maryam Zafar is neither. I have a lot of like, really close experience to a big...
