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Is 'Grit' Doomed To Be The New Self-Esteem?

Schools are moving to high-stakes testing of social and emotional skills. Some experts say it's too soon.

Why Do We Love Some Animals But Eat Others?

Alva Noë explores a new book that considers the complicated relationship between humans and animals by looking at attitudes toward road kill, taxidermy, dead pets and art by animals.

Amid A Hubbub At The Hugos, 'Puppies' See Little Success

At science fiction's Hugo Awards, voters largely rejected a slate of nominees pushed by a group called the Sad Puppies. In an unusual end to the controversy, a few categories didn't even get a winner.

Patients Increasingly Influence The Direction Of Medical Research

Medical researchers are no longer ignoring the people who have the most to gain — or lose. But as patient advocates become more influential, they risk being co-opted by the biomedical industry.

UCSD molecular biologist Stephen Mayfield says algae fuel is a excellent alternative to fossil fuel because it can be used for all existing navy ships and aircraft.

California's Life Sciences Industry Beats Other States

California's life sciences industry shines in a new national report. The Golden State ranks number one when it comes to jobs.

Astronomer Chris Impey examines the possibilities of the universe in his new book <em>Beyond</em>. "I like the idea that the universe — the boundless possibility of 20 billion habitable worlds — has led to things that we can barely imagine," he says. In the 1970s, NASA Ames conducted several space colony studies, commissioning renderings of the giant spacecraft which could house entire cities.

The Great 'Beyond': Contemplating Life, Sex And Elevators In Space

Astronomer Chris Impey discusses the future of space travel, sex in space and the connection between science and Buddhism. Impey is the author of Beyond: Our Future in Space.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson became NASA's astronaut with the most time in orbit Monday. She's seen here earlier this year in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station with fellow astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

Astronaut Peggy Whitson Sets New NASA Record For Most Days In Space

When she comes back down to Earth this year, Peggy Whitson will have logged more than 650 days in space. She spoke to President Trump

Are Cyborgs In Our Future? 'Homo Deus' Author Thinks So

Yuval Noah Harari expects we'll soon engineer our bodies in the same way we design products. "I think in general medicine ... will switch from healing the sick to upgrading the healthy," he says.

Student Loans: You've Got Questions, We've Got Answers

Is trade school the ticket? Does the middle class have the worst debt woes? Listeners weigh in with burning student loan questions.

Regulators say R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. must stop selling four brands of cigarettes because the Food and Drug Administration said the company had failed to show they aren't riskier than cigarettes on the market before mid-February 2007.

FDA Orders 4 Cigarette Brands Pulled From The Market

The Food and Drug Administration exercised its regulatory power to compel a tobacco company to stop selling cigarettes after the maker failed to show they don't raise new public health issues.

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