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Brown has long considered questions about science and faith, leavened with plenty of adventure, of course. In his new novel, he asks whether faith in God (or gods) can survive the advance of science.

The federal government has come out with a proposal meant to prevent deadly black lung disease among miners. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on July 1, 2023.)

This week saw the hottest day around the world since records began. How do we know that, and what can we expect in the future?

In a Miami courtroom, Walt Nauta pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired with the former president to withhold classified documents and obstruct a federal investigation.

Giovanni Kiyingi was a stand-out entry in NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest this year. Originally from Uganda but now living in Phoenix, Arizona, his song "Bukunja" blends East and West African styles.

For the first time in NASCAR's 75-year history, stock car drivers raced on a true street circuit. Sunday's race in Chicago, was part of the sport's efforts to find new audiences.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Khaled Elgindy of the Middle East Institute about this week's Israeli incursion in the West Bank, and whether there are any chances for peace.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Cambridge University lecture Ayesha Siddiqi, who studies disasters in the global south, about Pakistan's vulnerability to floods as another monsoon season is underway.

A long-awaited parliamentary election took place Monday in Pakistan. Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party was expected to do well. Early unofficial results confirmed that expectation, with the opposition making a strong showing. President Musharraf vowed the election would be free and fair.

An anti-gun violence tour led by parents who lost their son in a 2018 mass shooting in Florida, visit Uvalde, Texas, — site of last year's attack on Robb Elementary School which left 21 people dead.