美国国家公共电台 NPR Correction: What Is The Shell In The 'Birth Of Venus' Painting?

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now, a correction. On Tuesday, we ran a story about the famous Renaissance painting the Birth Of Venus by Sandro Boticelli. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: You know the image - a nude Venus, head tilted, red hair flowing and, strategically pl

美国国家公共电台 NPR Wading Into Murky Waters, Trump Trip To Advocate Religious Unity

DAVID GREENE, HOST: President Trump begins his first overseas presidential trip tomorrow, and he has got an itinerary that could be mistaken for a religious pilgrimage. His first stops are Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Vatican. It's a bold move for a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Total Failure: When The Space Shuttle Didn't Come Home

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We tend to mark our successes in life, but what if we're thinking about it the wrong way? What if it's failure that shapes us? All this month in a series we're calling Total Failure, we will examine mistakes and how they change p

美国国家公共电台 NPR Josh Groban Leaves Big Shoes To Fill In The Tony-Nominated 'Great Comet'

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812 is up for 12 Tony Awards. That's more than any other Broadway show. One of those nominations is for Josh Groban, who plays Pierre. This summer, he'll hand the part over to Okieriete Ona

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'The Color Of Law' Details How U.S. Housing Policies Created Segregation

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: This is the day in 1954 that the Supreme Court issued its famous ruling desegregating schools, Brown versus Board of Education. Today, schools remain largely segregated, and the author Richard Rothstein argues that's because housin

美国国家公共电台 NPR TV Networks Unveil Fall Seasons At 2017 Upfronts

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: We talk a lot these days about how Internet streaming has rattled the world of network television, snatching up Emmy nominations and capturing attention in the press and on social media. But traditional broadcast TV remains the b

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tyrannosaurus Rex's Bite Force Measured 8,000 Pounds, Scientists Say

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Maybe you've seen the film Jurassic Park, and you remember that scene where the Tyrannosaurus rex escapes its pen and attacks guests at the theme park. You might remember those imposing teeth. Well, in real life, the T. rex had th

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jean-Michel Basquiat Painting Sells For Record $110.5 Million

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: A painting of a skull by Jean-Michel Basquiat broke records at Sotheby's last night. The work sold for more than $110 million. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports, that is the most ever for an American artist's work at auction. ELIZAB

美国国家公共电台 NPR In Washington, D.C., A Program In Which Birds And People Lift Each Other Up

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: For young people growing up east of the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., life can be a struggle against gangs and violence. And for much of its modern history, the river itself has been under assault, considered one of the most

美国国家公共电台 NPR Danish Filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg Gets Deeply Personal In 'The Commune'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Thomas Vinterberg is not an easy filmmaker to pin down. In English, he's leapt from science fiction to the costume drama Far From The Madding Crowd. In his native Denmark, he tends to make intensely intimate films, like his Oscar n

美国国家公共电台 NPR For Families With Special Needs, Vouchers Bring Choices, Not Guarantees

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: All week on the program, we're taking a look at school choice. Today we're going to meet two special needs families in Florida. President Trump and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have repeatedly touted the state as a national mo

美国国家公共电台 NPR A Lesser-Known Venus Visits The U.S. In New Botticelli Exhibit

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The famous Renaissance painting Birth Of Venus has truly proven itself to be timeless. The image of the nude goddess on a clamshell has been appropriated and satirized countless times since the original was painted 500 years ago. T

美国国家公共电台 NPR Texas Wants To Set Its Own Rules For Federal Family Planning Funds

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The state of Texas excluded Planned Parenthood in 2011 from its women's health program. That meant foregoing millions of dollars in federal Medicaid money. More than 80 women's health clinics, most of them not Planned Parenthood,

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Kill Switch To Bitcoin, 'WannaCry' Showing Signs Of Amateur Flaws

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Two cybersecurity firms say they have found some technical similarities between the WannaCry ransomware and earlier attacks from hackers in North Korea, though they are not calling these clues proof that North Korea is behind the

美国国家公共电台 NPR Microsoft President Urges Nuclear-Like Limits On Cyberweapons

DAVID GREENE, HOST: It's been quite a whirlwind the last few days for Microsoft. That company's operating system, Windows, was the target of a massive cyberattack that took down hundreds of thousands of computers across 150 countries. While it's too

美国国家公共电台 NPR Looking Into Trump Campaign's Russia Ties, Investigators Follow The Money

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Federal investigators are looking into banking records to examine the ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. One thing they're looking for is evidence of money laundering. Now, U.S. officials keep records of suspicious finan

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'Lola's Story,' A Journalist Reveals A Family Secret

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Alex Tizon carried a secret his entire life. It's one he wrote about in a new cover story in The Atlantic called Lola's Story. Tizon wrote, quote, She lived with my family for 56 ye

美国国家公共电台 NPR Trump's Tax Plan Renews Anxieties About Deficits And The Debt

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Tax cuts for individuals as well as businesses are still very much a live issue in Washington. President Trump wants both, but economists are worried his plan could push up annual deficits and the country's overall debt. As NPR's

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'They're Everywhere': Oil, Gas Wells Dot Developments, Raising Potential Dangers

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Colorado is reviewing its oil and gas operations after a house blew up last month, killing two people. A pipe from a nearby oil and gas well had been abandoned but not properly sealed. The tragedy is prompting many questions about

美国国家公共电台 NPR Imagine What It Was Like To Sit Down At Simone De Beauvoir's Desk

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now we're going to tell you about someone who had a remarkable life. Simone de Beauvoir was a bisexual French atheist who wanted to be a nun when she was little, a pioneer feminist and prolific author who moved in elite philosoph