Christopher Intagliata
Stories
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For Mouaz Moustafa, the fall of the Assad regime is an emotional victory
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mouaz Moustafa of the non-profit Syrian Emergency Task Force about the dramatic toppling of the Assad regime, as Moustafa prepares to fly back to his home city, Damascus.
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'Moana 2' songwriters made history as 1st all-female team to lead a Disney soundtrack
Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear made history as the youngest composers and only all-woman songwriting team for a Disney animated film with Moana 2.
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At a desert festival for space robots, engineers envision a busy future in space
At the Robopalooza festival in the California desert, engineers are stress-testing space robots, which they say could someday build the infrastructure needed to settle the moon and beyond.
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Former FBI lawyer says Trump's plan to shake up FBI leadership is unprecedented
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.
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Venezuela's opposition leader says Maduro is 'weaker than ever'
From hiding, María Corina Machado says she'll continue to fight for Venezuelan democracy.
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Venezuela's opposition leader is in hiding, but still speaking out
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Maria Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, on what is next after the incumbent president claimed victory without providing evidence.
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Israel's ambassador to the UN weighs in on ICC's warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, about the International Criminal Court's arrest warrants for PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
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What humanity could learn from natural ecosystems, according to a botanist
In her new book The Serviceberry, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer argues that humans would be wise to learn from the circular economies of reciprocity and abundance that play out in natural ecosystems.
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New study helps show how mountain lions are able to co-exist with humans in LA
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Ellie Bolas, the lead author of a seven-year study that suggests mountain lions in Los Angeles have adjusted their schedules to avoid human activity.
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Amateur mathematician finds the new largest prime number
Luke Durant, a researcher and amateur mathematician, has identified the largest new prime number known to humankind. The newly discovered prime number is 2 to the power of 136,279,841, then minus one.
