美国国家公共电台 NPR Something New For Baby To Chew On: Rocket Science And Quantum Physics

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: How old were you when you learned the basics of physics or rocket science? Or maybe you never did. Well, if there's a toddler in your house, you can refresh your memory or maybe learn something new. As part of our series on k

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Accomplished Guest,' Baby Boomers Step Back Into The Spotlight

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Ann Beattie has been a voice for her generation, the baby boomers, for 40 years. Her stories were published in The New Yorker regularly and helped pull back the curtain on the love lives, hopes and confusions of the boomers in th

美国国家公共电台 NPR As First Model 3 Rolls Off The Line, Can Tesla Sustain Momentum?

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Big week this week for electric and hybrid cars. Volvo became the first automaker to commit to making all its models either electric or hybrid after the year 2019. And today, Tesla is rolling a new car off the assembly line,

美国国家公共电台 NPR Exiting Ethics Chief Walter Shaub Calls Trump White House 'A Disappointment'

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This week, the director of the Office of Government Ethics resigned. Walter Shaub Jr., who has tangled with the Trump administration over potential conflicts of interest, said, there isn't more I could accomplish. And he took a j

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'GLOW' Co-Creators Explain Why Wrestling Is Like Greek Theater

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: It's time for some '80s. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, GLOW) BETTY GILPIN: (As Liberty Belle) I'd like to call on the power of my three favorite Americans - Ronald Reagan, Larry Bird and Jesus Christ himself. (CHEERING) MCEVERS: This is

美国国家公共电台 NPR Instagrandma Baddiewinkle Says She's 'Always Been A Rebel'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: It is a rare and precious moment to talk to a celebrity who hits as many demographic heights as Baddiewinkle. Ms. Winkle is an Instagram influencer with more than 3 million followers. She made a bedazzled nude body suit look positi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Grief Hangs Around At Home In 'A Ghost Story'

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The low-budget movie A Ghost Story stars Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara. The film, shot for a hundred thousand dollars, was made quickly and in secret just days after Director David Lowery finished the Disney film Pete's Dragon. C

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mexico And U.S. Team Up To Create Low-Cost Wheelchairs

We hear a lot about political tension between the United States and Mexico, including, of course, controversial deportations and that still unfunded, unbuilt proposed border wall. But examples of binational amity still exist. Reporter Monica Ortiz Ur

美国国家公共电台 NPR Recruiters Use 'Geofencing' To Target Potential Hires Where They Live And Work

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: We're going to hear about something called geofencing. You might know about it. But if you don't, it's wireless technology that tracks mobile devices entering and exiting a specific area. Up to this point, it's mostly been used b

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Transgender Child Faces Growing Up

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We first heard from a Brooklyn youngster named Q Daily a couple of years ago when he was just finishing third grade. That was his first full school year identifying as a boy. Q is transgender. At the time, he described his feeling

美国国家公共电台 NPR Unhappy Anniversary, South Sudan

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Six years ago this week, South Sudan became an independent state. The moment marked the end of decades of fighting between rebels in the predominantly Christian south and their northern Arab rivals in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum

美国国家公共电台 NPR Opioid Prescriptions Falling But Remain Too High, CDC Says

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Doctors have gotten more cautious about prescribing opioids for pain. But too many patients are still getting the addictive drugs so says a new report for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. NPR health correspondent R

美国国家公共电台 NPR Calm In Seoul As The North Korea Question Grows More Urgent

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: While the U.S. and China to sort out how to respond to North Korea's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile, little has changed in South Korea. NPR's Elise Hu reports from Seoul that life is more or less going on as normal

美国国家公共电台 NPR Illinois Lawmakers Override Governor, Pass Budget For 1st Time In 2 Years

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: For the first time in two years, the state of Illinois has a budget. Late today, the Illinois House of Representatives overrode the governor's veto of the spending plan that enacts $5 billion in tax increases. We're going to talk

美国国家公共电台 NPR To Prepare For Mars Settlement, Simulated Missions Explore Utah's Desert

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: NASA hopes to send people to Mars sometime in the 2030s. President Trump would like to see that happen even sooner. And at a remote site in the Utah desert, would-be astronauts are already simulating what it would be like to live

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' Tom Holland's Peter Parker Finally Comes Home

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: There have been five Spider-Man movies already starring two different Spider-Men, Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. They've been hugely successful - so no surprise a sixth opens tonight. Critic Bob Mondello says true to the titl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ethics Office Director Walter Shaub Resigns, Saying Rules Need To Be Tougher

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: The head of the federal agency that guides presidents and top officials on ethics rules is resigning. Office of Government Ethics Director Walter Shaub Jr. began dueling with Donald Trump even before Trump became president. They

美国国家公共电台 NPR Political Outsider Emmanuel Macron Campaigns To 'Make France Daring Again'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: All right, there are about two months to go in France's presidential election. There has been a lot of populist energy in the campaign, also a lot of scandal. And from all this, a centrist 39-year-old outsider has emerged as a ser

美国国家公共电台 NPR California Weighs Tougher Emissions Rules For Gas-Powered Garden Equipment

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Think about some of the things that spew nasty contaminants into the air - automobiles, power plants. How about leaf blowers? Those annoyingly loud, gas-powered, backpack-like machines are about to pass cars as the worst air poll

美国国家公共电台 NPR Billboard About Gender Roles Sparks Debate, Protest In North Carolina

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A billboard along an interstate in North Carolina reads, real men provide. Real women appreciate it. Those behind the message remain anonymous. And, needless to say, not everyone appreciates the sentiment. Bethany Chafin of member