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The number of people traveling by air has plummeted more than 90% since the beginning of March. More than half of the employees losing their jobs are being laid off involuntarily.

Retailers and manufacturers are talking about a "mini bike boom." People stuck at home are trying out bikes for exercise and recreation, a bike industry coalition group representative says.

Students look forward all year to their big end-of-year productions. This year, many educators got creative in helping their student shine — despite the shutdown due to COVID-19

With a smaller size, screen and price tag, the new iPhone SE looks and feels like the models of yore that actually fit in a pocket.

Plans to revive lithium mining in Gaston County got a big boost this week when electric car maker Tesla Inc. signed up as the first customer of…

The U.S. is preventing telecom giant Huawei from getting critical components, and is pressuring allies not to use its products. But there could be serious side effects for American companies.

Cattle may turn out to be of help in the coronavirus pandemic. A South Dakota biotech company is using cows to create antibodies that could then be used for disease prevention or treatment.

A musical adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic novel Rebecca was set to come to Broadway — until the existence of its major investor came into question. New York Times theater writer Patrick Healy discusses the mystery on All Things Considered.

http://66.225.205.104/JR20101210a.mp3 How often do you see something in one of those late night commercials and mutter "Why didn't I think of that?" Well,…

http://66.225.205.104/JR20101210a.mp3 How often do you see something in one of those late night commercials and mutter "Why didn't I think of that?" Well,…

http://66.225.205.104/0826tr.mp3 WFAE's Greg Collard spoke to Davidson President Tom Ross after he was named the next president of the University of North…

It's hard to imagine that people used to die from things as small as a scratch on the knee — but that's what life was like before penicillin. Author Lauren Belfer's new novel, A Fierce Radiance, follows the intrigue as pharmaceutical companies race to mass-produce lifesaving drugs during World War II.

On the second anniversary of the playwright's death, Michele Norris talks to two actors from the Broadway production of his final play, Radio Golf.

In her new, stunning visual biography, Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout, Lauren Redniss describes (and draws) the marriage and discoveries of the famous scientific couple.

Sarah Rose's For All the Tea in China tells the story of how Britain hijacked control of the 19th century tea trade by transplanting production of the popular drink to India.

The regulator says the deal would give the combined company too much power, hurt competition and raise prices for consumers. It comes as a global shortage of chips wreaks havoc on the economy.

A U.S. District Court has ruled that Gruyère cheese can be made outside of the Swiss French border region –- including in the US. What does that mean for global trade?

There's been a storm of debate about an old anti-inflation policy: price controls. So we dust off the history books to see what happened in World War II.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Meredith Lee, food and agriculture reporter at Politico, about a deal between manufacturer Abbott Nutrition and the FDA aimed at relieving an infant formula shortage.

The NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions marks the anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act by visiting the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, straddling the borders of Idaho and Montana.