AILSA CHANG, HOST: Scientists recently made headlines when they announced they had figured out how to edit DNA in human embryos for the first time. This week, the scientists invited NPR health correspondent Rob Stein into their lab in Portland, Ore.,...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: People across the country are gearing up for the solar eclipse on Monday - and not just spectators - energy supply managers, too, especially where you are, David. DAVID GREENE, HOST: Yeah, that's right. Almost half the solar power...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Think back to your high school days. Maybe you were one of the lucky ones who didn't just survive those years but thrived. Or maybe you've spent the better part of your adult life trying to forget the whole thing. Well, our co-hos...
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We've already broadcast a few stories about the upcoming solar eclipse as an astronomical phenomenon. What about the solar eclipse as a plot device? From a 1907 silent film called The Eclipse: The Courtship Of Sun And Moon to mor...
DAVID GREENE, HOST: Whitney Houston - so many of us felt the power and emotion in her beautiful voice. But she lived a turbulent life, and she died way too young. A new unauthorized documentary is opening in theaters today, and it will be on Showtime...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: The MS-13 gang is getting blamed for a spike in deadly violence on Long Island, N.Y. La Mara Salvatrucha, as it's also known, actively recruits kids. So schools are becoming a key battlefield in the fight against the gang. But WNYC...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now some good news, especially for babies around the world. Scientists in the U.S. and India have found an inexpensive treatment for a common infection. It could save hundreds of thousands of newborns each year. The treatment com...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: An update now - last month, an unventilated tractor trailer smuggling migrants across the border in San Antonio became a death trap. Ten people died from the heat. Late yesterday, a federal grand jury indicted the driver, James B...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: On average, two mothers die from complications of pregnancy and childbirth every day in America. That's a rate far higher than in other wealthy countries. NPR's Renee Montagne and ProPublica's Nina Martin are investigating the reas...
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: If one glass of wine or one beer takes the edge off, why not have a few more? Well, this thinking may help explain new findings published in The Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry. As NPR's Allison Aubrey repo...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Tens of thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil in Memphis, Tenn., last night. But it wasn't an entirely somber event. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, SAVED) ELVIS PRESLEY: (Singing) Well, I can preach until you're deaf and dumb. I'...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: If it seems like there have been a lot of books coming to the big and small screens, it's not in your head. Never mind the long-running Game Of Thrones on HBO or Hulu's Handmaid's Tale. At least 15 books were adapted into movies...
AILSA CHANG, HOST: A public memorial service will be held for Heather Heyer today. She's the 32-year-old woman who was killed when a man rammed his car into counterprotesters in Charlottesville last weekend. President Trump said yesterday, he's heard...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The Congressional Budget Office has weighed in on a health care proposal floated by President Trump. He's been threatening to cut off payments the government makes to insurance companies to lower the cost of co-payments and deduc...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Today President Trump tried to keep his business agenda on track. He signed an executive order to speed up the permitting of highways and bridges. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: We will rebuild our coun...
