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Congress returns Tuesday with conflicts brewing inside the GOP on two major issues where Republicans are breaking with President Trump: immigration and trade.

In NPR Ed's latest Long Listen, we explore innovative schools that tap into the power of student-directed learning.

One half of the prize went to David J. Thouless; the other half was shared by F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz. They used math to explain the odd behavior of unusual states of matter.

Austin Beggin was paralyzed in a freak accident last year and wonders what's next. He gets some answers from Tim Flynn, who has been paralyzed for 35 years. One tip: start looking forward.

In the great household debate about refrigerating tomatoes, there's some new scientific evidence on the no-fridge side. But some taste testers are not convinced.

The tradition goes back to the 19th century, when the U.S. was largely an agrarian, Christian society. People needed a day to travel by horse and buggy to vote and November was after the fall harvest.

LGBT activists say the bill is not a true repeal and would leave in place "the harms of the discriminatory HB2 law." Gov. Roy Cooper says the bill is not perfect, but it's "an important step."

DARPA, the Pentagon's R&D agency, is working with partners to develop low-cost gliders that travel about 100 miles and disappear within hours. The vehicles could have humanitarian and military uses.

Brazil's president is on trial this week but is defiant in the face of charges of corruption and obstruction of justice. The political veteran says he will not resign, and critics say he's got vampire-like abilities for survival.

Steve Inskeep talks to Scott Peterson, a correspondent with the Christian Science Monitor in Istanbul, Turkey, and who has traveled in and written extensively about Iran.