Cookies In Space, For Science A delicious experiment is set to take place in space. Astronauts will bake cookies on the International Space Station as part of a long line of food innovations fueling space travel. Emily Kwong
The Convoluted Story Of How The First Atoms Of Tennessine Were Created Tennessine is an extremely rare element. Only a few dozen atoms of it have ever been produced. The tale of how the first atoms of Tennessine were created is complicated. Joe Palca
Probe Gets Close To The Sun — Finds Rogue Plasma Waves And Flipping Magnetic Fields The initial results from an ambitious mission to get a spacecraft close to the Sun are shedding new light on some old mysteries about our closest star. Nell Greenfieldboyce
Research Raises Concerns About Safety Of Hair Dyes, Chemical Straighteners Researchers have found that women who use permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners have a higher risk of developing breast cancer than women who don't use these products.
In The Heat Of The Moment: How Intense Emotions Transform Us In a fit of anger or in the grip of fear, many of us make decisions that we never would have anticipated. This week, we look at situations that make us strangers to ourselves — and why it's so difficult to remember what these "hot states" feel like once the moment is over. Shankar Vedantam
Huge Amazon Wildfires Endanger Our History As Well As Our Air, Archaeologists Say Cristiana Barreto says deforestation threatens to erase evidence of huge, dispersed civilizations, including rock art, ceremonial earthworks and waterways. Scott Simon
A 'Mole' Isn't Digging Mars: NASA Engineers Are Trying To Find Out Why After the InSight lander had trouble drilling a sophisticated thermometer into the Martian surface, a Plan B also didn't work, and the instrument ended up backing itself out of the ground. Joe Palca
Study: For HIV-Infected Babies, Treatment Should Start At Birth Every day, as many as 500 babies in sub-Saharan Africa are born with HIV. A study out of Botswana finds that if newborns are given treatment right away, the virus becomes almost undetectable. Pien Huang
Trump Holds White House Meeting On Vaping And E-Cigarettes President Trump held a "listening session" on youth e-cigarette use on Friday. It remains unclear if a ban on vaping flavorings is near or off the table entirely. Allison Aubrey
Dessa: How Can You Fall Out Of Love? For years, musician Dessa tried to get over a toxic relationship. But she couldn't figure out how — until she tried something unconventional: using neuroscience to dull her feelings for her ex. NPR/TED Staff