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  • How Do You Predict The Future?
    Back in 1984, technology leader Nicholas Negroponte was able to predict, with surprising accuracy, e-readers, face to face teleconferencing and the touchscreen interface of the iPhone.
  • Mount McKinley. There's a bit less of it than we thought.
    Mount McKinley's Gotten Shorter Again
    Twice in recent decades more accurate measurements have led experts to say North America's tallest peak is shorter than they thought. It's still No. 1 on the continent, though.
  • Floyd Mayweather and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez are at the center of one of the biggest sports events of the year, but you wouldn't know it by looking at mainstream sports media.
    'Money' And 'Canelo' Punch It Out For Black And Latino Fans
    Saturday's big fight will be one of the biggest American sports events of the year, but you might not know it by looking at mainstream sports media.
  • Firefighters battle a blaze on the Seaside Park boardwalk Thursday in New Jersey. The fire began in the vicinity of an ice cream stand and quickly spread north into neighboring Seaside Heights.
    New Jersey Governor Vows To Rebuild Fire-Ravaged Boardwalk
    The blaze that swept through the state's iconic shore-side on Thursday destroyed 32 businesses along four blocks.
  • "Beer goggles" supposedly make the wearer look better too. Hmmm.
    An 'Ig Nobel' For Proving 'Beer Goggles' Work Both Ways
    The Ig Nobel awards celebrate work that makes people think and laugh. Among this year's other winners are researchers who discovered that if a cow lies down it will likely soon stand up.
  • Are White Women Harder Hit By Poverty?
    Many Americans are now living longer, but one group is being left behind. The average life expectancy for white women who dropped out of high school is shorter than it was two decades ago. Host Michel Martin finds out more from Monica Potts, a journalist at The American Prospect.
  • NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C.
    NPR To Offer Voluntary Buyouts In Bid To Balance Budget
    According to a message sent to NPR's staff, the organization aims to reduce its number of employees by about 10 percent. There are currently 840 staffers. The board says it has a plan to balance NPR's budget in fiscal year 2015.
  • The gelada monkey, found only in the highlands of Ethiopia, is known as the bleeding heart baboon for the splash of red on its chest. Males of the species have a remarkable vocal agility greater than that of any nonhuman primate.
    What A Chatty Monkey May Tell Us About Learning To Talk
    The gelada, found in Ethiopia, makes a gurgling noise that scientists say is close to human speech — at least in how much facial coordination it requires. One theory scientists are trying to test is if the monkey's vocal agility came from its tendency to hang with other geladas in large groups.
  • Salvage workers prepare the Costa Concordia cruise ship on Aug. 23 in the waters of the Tuscan island of Giglio. The massive cruise ship has lain partially submerged after a disaster on Jan. 13, 2012, that killed 32 people.
    Off The Tuscan Coast, Raising The Ill-Fated Costa Concordia
    Next week, a salvage crew plans to rotate and raise the Costa Concordia cruise ship, in one of the biggest maritime salvage operations ever undertaken. The huge vessel has been partially submerged off Giglio Island since an accident in January 2012 that killed 32 people.
  • Kerry And Lavrov Turn Focus To Setting Up Peace Conference
    The US and Russia continue talks on the proposed transfer of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal to UN control.
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