So long, skinny jeans. See you in the next cycle
Skinny jeans are out and looser pants are in. But it's so much more than that. This is the logic and life cycle behind fashion trends.
Arts
10 writers win 2024 Whiting Awards for emerging authors
Each writer will receive $50,000 to help support their craft — one of largest awards granted to new authors.
An unusual museum heist: A man smuggled a painting into the building
Munich's Pinakothek der Moderne museum announced that it had fired an employee from its technical services team. The man snuck in after hours and hung his own painting.
Basketball takes hold in Rwanda, a country dominated by soccer
Basketball is gaining popularity in Rwanda. We chat with a few players and fans to learn why.
Astronomer Wanda Diaz-Merced didn't watch the eclipse. She listened
Astronomer Wanda Diaz-Merced, who is blind, describes her experience listening to Monday's solar eclipse with a device called LightSound.
How Big Food co-opted the anti-diet movement for profit
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sasha Chavkin of The Examination about a new investigation that reveals how major food brands are co-opting the anti-diet movement to sell products.
Seizures, broken spines and vomiting: Scientific testing that helped facilitate D-Day
Biomedical engineer Rachel Lance says British scientists submitted themselves to experiments that would be considered wildly unethical today in an effort to shore up the war effort.
Michael Douglas stars as a flirty Ben Franklin in this Apple TV+ series
Franklin is worth watching — not only for what it reveals about how the U.S. won independence from England then – but also about the complexities of war, and international politics now.
A political divide along gender lines is growing in South Korea
Young men and women are politically drifting apart across the developed world. The growing political gender divide in South Korea is making experts worried about the country's future.
Rwanda's youth have grown in genocide's shadow. Here are their hopes for the future
Three Rwandans under the age of 25 — Ornella Ineza, Kelvin Rwihimba, and Crispin Iradukunda — reflect on what it's like to grow up in a country that's been shaped by a genocide.