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George Clinton brought his family, both immediate and extended, to the Tiny Desk for a set of classic cosmic slop.

Director Sacha Gervasi's adaptation of a 2010 novel about a student investigating his classmate's murder features a great cast, but this "sketch of a movie" feels rushed and heavily truncated.

Eavesdrop on a beautiful recital of German songs from fin de siècle Vienna, when music was transitioning from the swells of romanticism to the uncharted waters of modernism.

Hindu nationalists ransacked shops and torched vehicles over the release of the film Padmaavat, which they say depicts a romantic encounter between a Hindu queen and a Muslim emperor.

Mary Wiseman, Cadet Tilly on 'Star Trek: Discovery,' tells us about the passion of the fandom, and plays a game inspired by her being the first character in the Star Trek universe to swear.

The website The Awl and its sister site The Hairpin are shutting down. The two sites always valued lively, thoughtful writing — even as the media landscape shifted around them.

Women are more likely to have asthma than men. One possible reason? Testosterone could block a protein that helps spark an asthma attack, a study finds, while estrogen may not.

UNICEF's Juliette Touma joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about alarming reports of malnutrition in Syria.

Archaeologists in Guadalupe, Calif., were startled by a peculiar discovery: A relic from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 biblical film The Ten Commandments.

Sorrell runs WPP, the world's largest advertising company. He denies allegations which reportedly involve the misuse of company funds.

Rising temperatures from global warming will more than double the number of dangerously hot days across the United States by 2050 unless the country does…

Idaho's governor signs a bill criminalizing the act of secretly filming animal abuse at agricultural facilities. The bill was introduced after an undercover video emerged of abuse at a dairy farm.

Activists say a federal law that allows employers to pay people with disabilities pennies per hour is out of date and should be changed. But some say the law is a lifeline for the disabled.

Also: Nuyorican poet Tato Laviera dies at age 63; Alexis Madrigal on the new Dave Eggers novel; an interview with Graywolf Press.

Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel read emails from listeners about Monday's interview with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi about the roll out of the federal healthcare law.

Singer Katy Perry's new album has been adored in some reviews, but one critic is the Australian Department of Agriculture. Seeds included in the CD could pose a threat to the environment there.

An ad for Google's search engine in India unites two friends separated by Partition in 1947. The ad has warmed the cockles of subcontinental hearts, leading to an outpouring of goodwill on social media and newspaper websites.

Paul Torday was 67. Also: J.K. Rowling will collaborate on a Harry Potter play; Dave Eggers opines on privacy rights; and The New Yorker launches a poetry podcast.

The Affordable Care Act's early travails are yielding some lessons for future presidents and lawmakers. Here are three.

Award shows are a booming business these days. Major networks are bringing in new televised awards and revitalizing old ones. The Hollywood Reporter's Matt Belloni explains why there's a sudden surge in producing these largely "DVR-proof" programs.