July 2024

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with Democratic Congressman Scott Peters about being one of the Democratic lawmakers calling for President Biden to bow out of November’s election. Read More

Traders are using publicly available data to track which lawmakers are reporting big stock market gains. We try to copy them. Read More

The galaxies’ fanciful names belie their actual ages: In this case of the Penguin and the Egg, it’s the Egg that came first. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI) Read More

NPR’s Juana Summers talks with journalist and writer Rebecca Traister about America’s aging political leaders and gerontocracy in the U.S. Read More

President Biden doubled down on his decision to stay in the presidential race at Thursday’s press conference. It was a solid performance, but he made some notable gaffes. Read More

A new law opens up outdoor preschools to low income families in Colorado by allowing them to accept state child care subsidies. Advocates say learning outdoors has advantages over indoor classrooms. Read More

A new lawsuit filed by record labels Universal, Sony and Warner says their catalogs have been ripped off by two AI music generators. But there’s a twist: It’s not clear the courts are on their side. Read More

The United States Justice Department says it has foiled at least four assassination plots sponsored by foreign governments on U.S. soil. One of the targets of those assassination attempts is Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-American journalist and activist who Iran allegedly tried to have killed in New York. We hear how knowing she is at such…

New research says climate change has caused toxic metal pollution to double in some Colorado rivers and mountain streams. It’s complicating efforts to clean up abandoned mining sites. Read More