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Trey Parker and Matt Stone talk about their blasphemous, hilarious and oddly endearing Broadway hit, which led the Tony nominations field this year — and will probably go down in history as the only Broadway musical ever to combine Mormons, Uganda, filthy language and a chorus line.

From the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant to the end of NASA"s shuttle program, a great deal of science stories made headlines this year. Science writers Mariette DiChristina, Matt Crenson, Steven Levy, and Paul Raeburn join Ira Flatow to discuss the year's top stories in science.

Blogger Hani Almadhoun lists songs that were a huge part of the Arab Spring protests.

The arrangement saves the university further embarrassment, because former players won't be required to disclose any gifts received. The NCAA has launched an investigation into the case.

For the long-term unemployed, getting a job isn't always the end of the story. In the next installment of NPR's Road Back to Work series, we check in with Randy Howland and Jennifer Barfield who both find themselves searching for work once again.

When it comes to champagne, scientists have found it's best to chill it and tilt it to preserve the fizz.

The S&P 500 saw the smallest annual move since at least 1947 and this comes in a year of constant and dramatic ups and downs.

This has been a year filled with drama and delay between President Obama and Congress, but he's ending it on a high note.

There were at least three countdowns to shutdown, there was the debt-limit fight, plus the will-they-or-won't-they drama over the payroll tax holiday. Looking at how few bills were actually signed into law this year, one might conclude this session was mostly sizzle and not much steak.

Much of global affairs lies beyond any one country's control, even for the most powerful country in the world. Still, the global landscape looks completely different from one year ago, in part due to President Obama's accomplishments.