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With soccer's World Cup in full swing, so is the flopping. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to soccer enthusiast and writer David Henry Sterry about the art of flopping.

Republican voters in Virginia Beach, Va., respond to news of an impeachment inquiry into President Trump's discussions with Ukraine's president.

The Homestead Act prodded waves of settlers to spread across the Great Plains -- but today, many of the towns created by that bill are dying. New congressional legislation known as the New Homestead Act aims to revitalize rural towns with incentives. NPR's Howard Berkes visits Ord, Neb., were many of the proposed measures are already in place.

Ethical investing is popular with many Americans. But what is it exactly? The team at NPR's Life Kit joins Morning Edition to break down how ethical investing works.

Commentator Caroline Langston reveals why she chose to be a virgin on her wedding night, at 31. Langston says that for her, abstinence helped make her and her new husband leave their wedding reception in a hurry. Now a mother of two, she questions the notion of "casual sex."

Decades of amazing musical performances are hidden behind the limits of audio technology at the time they were recorded. Now, a new technology re-performs and records classics by Glenn Gould, Alfred Cortot and Art Tatum.

In the 20th century, Finland became a progressive, cutting-edge technological society. Its music, though little-known, followed suit: Relentlessly innovative, much of today's best music from Finland pushes the past firmly into the future.

There's so much good jazz coming out on DVD now (old stuff, new stuff, TV concerts and documentaries) that it's more than anyone can follow. But Kevin Whitehead says that a few recent releases really caught his eye and ear.

Ripped from the not-so-heartening headlines, serious hardcovers about war, recession and natural disaster can certainly kill the mood. In honor of Valentine's Day, Pat Dunnigan offers three alternatives for nighttime reading that will lift your spirits — and raise your pulse.

To make the electric car viable, manufacturers need to create better batteries. But the road to creating a better, long-lasting battery has not been easy. Science writer Seth Fletcher explains why in his book, Bottled Lightning: Superbatteries, Electric Cars and the New Lithium Economy.