SpaceX rocket booster successfully 'caught' on first attempt during flight test
SpaceX conducted its fifth flight test of Starship, its most powerful spacecraft.
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Deep inside a Norwegian fjord, a dream of farming salmon sustainably
In Norway, one man's solution to the threat posed by farmed salmon and the impact on the fjords they swim in.
TikTok has known about how the app can harm teens and preteens, new documents show
New internal documents reveal that TikTok has known about the app's potential dangers to teenagers and pre-teens.
Politics chat: Trump, Harris target battleground states and undecided voters
We take a look at what Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are doing to reach voters in battleground states and in demographics that have not been favoring them so far.
Hurricane Milton could have an impact on Florida in the long term
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks to Colin Polsky, a professor of geosciences at Florida Atlantic University, about how Hurricane Milton is raising critical questions about the future of the sunshine state.
Misinformation and conspiracy theories about Hurricane Helene are spreading online
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with North Carolina Congressman Chuck Edwards, who has tried to debunk what he called "outlandish rumors" about Hurricane Helene recovery efforts.
Election officials in battleground states are fighting threats and intimidation
Facing threats and misinformation, election officials are under intense pressure this fall. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Justin Roebuck, who oversees elections in Ottawa County, Michigan.
Voices from the week that was, on the campaign trail
Vice President Kamala Harris' media blitz, former President Donald Trump responds to reporting that he kept in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin: The week that was on the campaign trail.
A receding Lake Powell brings Colorado River rapids in Utah back to life
There’s a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.
Walt Whitman, gay love and a posthumous novel
Gay rights pioneer Arnie Kantrowitz shelved dreams of publishing his novel. Three years after his death, his partner fulfils his wish.