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Mormon Church Will Withdraw From Boy Scouts' Programs For Older Teens

The church said that "young men ages 14 to 18 are not being served well" by those programs. Though the church has been resistant to the Scouts' recent LGBT policies, it didn't cite that as the reason.

Marquette University scientist Michael SchlÃ¤ppi grows rice in paddies on his lab's rooftop.

Rice Finds A Welcome Home In Wisconsin Paddies

A Marquette University scientist slogged through more than 200 rice varieties to find the most promising few; he then subjected those to real Wisconsin weather on rooftop paddies outside his lab.

After Sketchy Science, Shark Week Promises To Turn Over A New Fin

Shark Week is here, and scientists are afraid. Not of the toothy swimmers — but of inaccuracies, bad science and the demonization of animals that aren't as ferocious as Discovery Channel has made out.

FARC guerrillas at a Colombia jungle camp last fall. Under last year's peace treaty, FARC agreed to disarm and confine its fighters to demobilization camps. But a small number of dissident rebels continue to extort business owners.

Dissident Rebels In Colombia Ignore Peace Treaty And Continue Extortion

A peace treaty in 2016 largely ended a half-century war waged by the guerrilla group FARC against Colombia's government. But a handful of FARC dissidents extort business owners and refuse to disarm.

Counting From Infinity: Yitang Zhang And The Twin Prime Conjecture

Airs Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

A U.S. flag flies beside a Puerto Rican flag in Old San Juan.

Puerto Rico Overwhelmingly Votes On U.S. Statehood In Non-Binding Referendum

The debt-racked territory voted to become the 51st state in 2012, but Congress never picked up the result. Puerto Rico voted again Sunday and partial results show most voters support U.S. statehood.

A photo from Diversionary Theatre's "The Boy Who Danced On Air."

San Diego's Top Weekend Events: From Beyoncé To Beethoven

Beyoncé's in town. San Diego Art Institute presents a treat for your ears and your nose. La Jolla Music Society performs a Beethoven marathon concert.

(Left to right) Don Gettys, Margie Orr, Sarah Block Yacoviello and Cal Weary.

'York Project' Revisited: 2008 Voters Weigh In On 2016 Race

NPR revisits four voters whom we first met as Barack Obama was campaigning for president. They reflect on the past 8 years, react to Donald Trump's victory and share their hopes for the future.

Allie Wist's "Flooded" dinner spread includes burdock and dandelion root hummus with sunchoke chips; jellyfish salad; roasted hen of the woods mushroom; fried potatoes with chipotle vegan mayo; salted anchovies; and oysters with slippers. Most of these are foods that might be more resilient to climate change and, therefore, what we could be eating in the future, Wist says.

Artist Sets Futuristic Dinner Party In World Reshaped By Rising Seas

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."

On March 31 — National Crayon Day — Crayola will announce something about the colors in the 24-count box it offers.

With One Large Breath, Dandelion Is Blown Out Of Crayola's 24 Pack

The time has come to say goodbye to Dandelion, one of two yellow crayons in Crayola's 24-count pack. It will go into retirement and the Crayola Hall of Fame.

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