The Latest Science This week in science: Prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the PNW, and teens' sleep Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less than before. Katia Riddle Climate Northern communities are losing lake ice as winter get warmer — and weirder More than a thousand people recently gathered on frozen Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisc., for a celebration of winter. But a changing climate is affecting life above the ice. Berly McCoy Music Young country and pop stars rule the charts this week A pair of country singers made history on the Billboard charts this week. It's also a big week for young pop stars, with an Olympic boost. Stephen Thompson Movies The first appearance of a robot on film has made its way to the Library of Congress A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress. Bob Mondello Politics Vance balances role as Trump's deputy and his own ambitions President Trump isn't always clear about his policies and why he favors them. That's where Vice President JD Vance comes in. Danielle Kurtzleben Health Medical schools agree to expand their nutrition curriculum this fall Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 53 medical schools in 31 states will expand their nutrition curriculum to 40 hours. Most medical schools fall short of the recommended 25 hours. Maria Godoy Politics What you need to know about Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick to lead DHS President Trump announced Thursday that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., is his pick to replace Kristi Noem as the head of the Department of Homeland Security. Sam Gringlas Medical Treatments GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can curb addiction risk, study finds A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose. Jon Hamilton New romance novel asks whether a marriage can survive PTSD NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cara Bastone about her latest romance novel, "No Matter What." The story starts with miscommunication, but protagonists Vin and Roz's love carries the story. Juana Summers National Security What it feels like to be in the middle of Iran's widening war NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and international correspondent Aya Batrawy about the war in the Middle East for the national security podcast Sources & Methods. Tom Bowman Prev 124 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Science This week in science: Prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the PNW, and teens' sleep Regina Barber and Katia Riddle of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about prehistoric cooking, earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest and how teens are sleeping less than before. Katia Riddle
Climate Northern communities are losing lake ice as winter get warmer — and weirder More than a thousand people recently gathered on frozen Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisc., for a celebration of winter. But a changing climate is affecting life above the ice. Berly McCoy
Music Young country and pop stars rule the charts this week A pair of country singers made history on the Billboard charts this week. It's also a big week for young pop stars, with an Olympic boost. Stephen Thompson
Movies The first appearance of a robot on film has made its way to the Library of Congress A long-lost 1897 George Melies film, arguably the first robot science fiction story committed to film, has made its way to the Library of Congress. Bob Mondello
Politics Vance balances role as Trump's deputy and his own ambitions President Trump isn't always clear about his policies and why he favors them. That's where Vice President JD Vance comes in. Danielle Kurtzleben
Health Medical schools agree to expand their nutrition curriculum this fall Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 53 medical schools in 31 states will expand their nutrition curriculum to 40 hours. Most medical schools fall short of the recommended 25 hours. Maria Godoy
Politics What you need to know about Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick to lead DHS President Trump announced Thursday that Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., is his pick to replace Kristi Noem as the head of the Department of Homeland Security. Sam Gringlas
Medical Treatments GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic can curb addiction risk, study finds A large study of data from Veterans Affairs finds that people on GLP-1 drugs were less likely to develop substance abuse disorder or overdose. Jon Hamilton
New romance novel asks whether a marriage can survive PTSD NPR's Juana Summers talks with Cara Bastone about her latest romance novel, "No Matter What." The story starts with miscommunication, but protagonists Vin and Roz's love carries the story. Juana Summers
National Security What it feels like to be in the middle of Iran's widening war NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and international correspondent Aya Batrawy about the war in the Middle East for the national security podcast Sources & Methods. Tom Bowman