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Amanda Gustafson and Eric Olsen of Swale's song "If You Get Lost" is a standout entry from this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

The team at the company Masienda earned a 2023 James Beard award for the documentary series Masienda Presents. featuring home cooks, chefs and ranchers.

When Stanford professor Andrew Ng put one of his classes online, more than 100,000 students signed up. Now he's co-founded a company, Coursera, with the potential to give millions of students free access to classes from Stanford, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania and other schools.

China's "Tianhe-2" (Milky Way 2) supercomputer took first place in one recent speed test, clocking in at 30 quadrillion calculations per second--about twice as fast as the best American machines. The U.S. still has more supercomputers than any other nation, but some experts say computer speed is a measure of a country's scientific innovation, and worry the U.S. is lagging behind.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks author Barry Levine about the subpoenas issued by the Republican-led House for depositions from former top officials, including the Clintons, on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

The Department of Homeland Security is warning about what it calls a "heightened threat environment" in the U.S. That's amid fears Iran could retaliate for a U.S. attack on its nuclear facilities.

With Mitt Romney ever closer to nailing down the delegates he needs for the Republican presidential nomination, what is his next closest rival — Rick Santorum — to do? Audie Cornish talks to top Santorum strategist John Braebender.

We've got tips for locating a great instructor, including questions you should ask before the first lesson.

A recent report by the research project found that one in three Americans raised in the middle class fall out of it as adults. Host Audie Cornish speaks with Erin Currier of the Pew Charitable Trusts' Economic Mobility Project about pressures on the American middle class.

About half of Americans own stock, though most stocks are owned by the wealthiest. For many, a booming stock market does not offer direct benefits.