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It's semi-annual testimony time for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Sounds dry but lots of people will be hanging on his every word these next two days. Markets have been on a wild ride since Bernanke delivered a news conference last month. In that speech he laid out plans to scale back the Fed's bond-buying program.

Scientists have developed a new type of refrigeration system for Ben and Jerry's. It chills ice cream using sound waves, rather than with gases that may contribute to climate change. The "thermo-acoustic" chiller is a pricey prototype, but its creators hope the device can be produced for the commercial market. NPR's Robert Smith reports.

Stiller examines his famous parents' relationship in the documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost. Pascal stars in The Last of Us but says he wouldn't want to survive an apocalypse.

For centuries, the memory of Jane Franklin has languished in brother Benjamin's shadow. While Ben is on currency and splashed across textbooks, Jane's life of curiosity and hardship has been forgotten. In Book of Ages, historian Jill Lepore draws a portrait of one of the American Revolution's "little women."

The secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development says in a Facebook post that he credits monoclonal antibody treatments with helping him recover from COVID-19.

It's a movie about making a (bad) movie: Actor-director Ben Stiller says he first got the idea for Tropic Thunder back in 1987. Now, the big-budget behind-the-scenes spoof is stirring up a real-world controversy.

Ben Carson announced he is out of the race on Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Republican leaders also engaged in debate about how to stop Donald Trump.

Ben Smith, a.k.a. The Politicker, tells Scott Simon how he distills political news for his New York Observer blog. He also notes some fellow blogs he tries to read on a daily basis.

The Federal Reserve chief said the new policy aims to stabilize economic growth.

Carson, who is considering a run for president, tells NPR that science has proven the efficacy of vaccines, so "why would you even think about not doing it?"