History

Wheeler still owns the Hungarian Rubik's Cube that Berzsenyi gave him. Berzsenyi also gave one to Jimmy Wilson.

A Math Teacher's Life Summed Up By The Gifted Students He Mentored

2:47pm April 07, 2019

by Joe Palca

A biologist at Harvard was chatting with a colleague about a mentor who pushed him to do harder math problems. It turns out the colleague had the same mentor — and so did many others.

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An archeologist holds an ancient mummified bird that was found in a burial site unveiled on Friday.

Mummified Mice And Falcons Found In Newly Unveiled Egyptian Tomb

4:19pm April 06, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

More than 50 animals were found in the tomb, along with mummies of a woman and a young boy. It's "one of the most exciting discoveries ever," Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said.

Former Sen. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings is pictured here during his farewell address to the Senate in 2004, a speech where he decried the influence of money in politics and criticized deficit spending.

Politics & Government

Former Sen. 'Fritz' Hollings, 97, Has Died

11:57am April 06, 2019

by Jenny Gathright

Hollings, who died early Saturday, served more than 38 years in the U.S. Senate, making him the eighth longest-serving senator in the country's history.

A copy of the final edition of the Rocky Mountain News sits in a newspaper box on a street corner in Denver, Colorado.

Science

Stop The Presses! Newspapers Affect Us, Often In Ways We Don't Realize

6:00pm April 04, 2019

This week we consider what we misunderstand about newspapers – from their long history of hype, to the hidden price we pay when they close.

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A History Of The Border Patrol

7:32am April 04, 2019

Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with Steve Inskeep and answers listener questions about the history of the U.S. Border Patrol.

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A History Of Opioids In America

5:18am April 04, 2019

We look at the long history of opioid abuse in the U.S. and the first crisis in the 19th century with morphine.

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Stony the Road, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

In 'Stony The Road,' Henry Louis Gates Jr. Looks At The Period After Reconstruction

2:27pm April 03, 2019

by Michael Schaub

In his new book, the literary scholar presents an absorbing, necessary look at the "Redemption" era, in which the hard-fought gains of African-Americans were rolled back by embittered Southern whites.

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Politics & Government

'Bullets Ain't Got No Name': Keeping Kids Out Of Gangs

2:09pm April 03, 2019

Rapper Nipsey Hussle worked in southern Los Angeles to combat gang violence before he was killed by gunfire.

Politics & Government

Seth Moulton, The Long Shot Candidate?

2:08pm April 03, 2019

The Massachusetts Democrat says he'll make a decision about running for president in the next few weeks.

'Tales Of Clamor' Tells The Emotional Reckoning Of Japanese-Americans After WWII

5:34pm March 30, 2019

by Adrian Florido

A new play in Los Angeles explores what happened after Japanese-Americans were let out of World War II internment camps: their struggle to acknowledge what happened to them and eventually speak out.

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