Encore: Coldplay tops album chart, thanks to old-fashioned sales and modern tricks
The British band Coldplay tops the Billboard 200 this week with its latest album.
Helene victims have become crucial in relief efforts
Many victims of Hurricane Helene have become vital volunteers in the ongoing relief efforts in Western North Carolina.
Japanese puppetry comes to America
For the first time in about 30 years, a Japanese theater that uses human-sized puppets is performing across the country.
This week in science: protecting butterflies, ocean migration and Madagascar frogs
NPR's Short Wave tells about an ambitious plan to protect monarch butterflies from climate change, new research about a massive ocean migration, and seven new frog species found in Madagascar.