RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Minecraft is the kind of videogame that can seem repetitive and mindless. The player builds three-dimensional virtual worlds with blocks - grass blocks, sandstone blocks, dark prismarine. But Minecraft gets high praise for its ed...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: The Trump administration announced yesterday it is reworking an Obama-era plan to protect the sage grouse. Environmental groups immediately condemned this move, saying it could endanger this chicken-sized bird that's found in 11 w...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today's teenagers are physically safer than they've ever been - less likely to be in a car accident because more of them are putting off getting their driver's license, less likely to binge drink because in part they're not hangi...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today's teenagers are physically safer than they've ever been - less likely to be in a car accident because more of them are putting off getting their driver's license, less likely to binge drink because in part they're not hangi...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: There's an unprecedented experiment happening in a village in Kenya. Most people there had been scraping by on less than $2 a day. But last fall, an American charity announced they're going to give every adult an extra $22 a mont...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's been a mediocre summer so far for Hollywood box office numbers - down about 11 percent from last summer. But one movie has had remarkable staying power. (SOUNDBITE OF RUPERT GREGSON-WILLIAMS' WONDER WOMAN'S WRATH) CORNISH: W...
ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: What do Salt-N-Pepa, Amy Winehouse, Oasis and the theme song to the animated TV show Futurama have in common - these six seconds. (SOUNDBITE OF THE WINSTONS' AMEN, BROTHER) SHAPIRO: This is called the Amen break. It's used in at le...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Sometimes on a Monday, you just need to spend some internet time watching the World Dog Surfing Championships or at least hear about it. Laura Klivans of member station KQED takes us to Pacifica, Calif., which hosted the event. L...
STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: Asian-Americans are an incredibly diverse group. Now some states are passing laws to help capture that diversity and requiring state agencies to collect more detailed data about Asian-Americans. But those policies are facing...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: On August 21, millions of people in 14 states across the country will be able to see a total solar eclipse. That's when the moon slips in front of the sun and blocks its light, creating an eerie, daytime twilight. This will be a...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Washington is pretty quiet these days with Congress out of session. The action today is in Chicago, where the city's mayor, Rahm Emanuel, has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department. DOJ recently announced they would withhol...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: Today in Your Health, we're going to tackle an issue that affects about half of all mothers. The technical term is diastasis recti, but many of us know it by another name - mommy pooch - you know, that soft belly that bulges out a...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: North Korea is one of the most challenging foreign policy situations facing the Trump administration right now. The international community has just stepped in. The United Nations Security Council is levying a fresh round o...
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Nuclear energy used to be seen as the wave of the future and the way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But last week, a utility in South Carolina decided to stop working on a major nuclear project there. It's a sign of th...
STACEY VANEK SMITH, HOST: This weekend, the Lollapalooza music festival is taking over downtown Chicago. Hometown hero Chance the Rapper is the headliner tonight. He will be grabbing the spotlight. But on the city's North Side, a theater is hosting a...
