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The series uses simple language and fanciful adventures to introduce kids to literature, history and science. Author Mary Pope Osborne has visited some 1,800 schools, giving away her books to kids.

An NPR reader wrote to All Tech Considered, asking for help quantifying texting's impact. We consult Mike Berners-Lee, who studied "the carbon footprint of everything."

To find helpful patterns in personal microbe populations, scientists also need to gather a long list of information about the people who serve as homes for the microscopic critters.

If a starfish loses a limb, a new arm buds and grows in its place. But young moon jellies have a different strategy for self-repair: Existing limbs rearrange themselves to regain symmetry.

This week marks the 242nd anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. This year is the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland. If you'll follow us down the rabbit hole, you'll find some surprising links.

A new planetarium show moves beyond the doomsday myths to reveal the real wonders of Mayan astronomy.

The president's message was to mark the occasion of Nowruz, the Persian new year. The U.S. and its allies are talking to Iran over the Islamic republic's nuclear program.

Richard Powers' new novel follows an avant-garde composer who has sacrificed everything in his pursuit of transcendent music — and who gets into trouble when he attempts to combine his twin obsessions of music and chemistry. Reviewer Heller McAlpin says Powers hits a high note with Orfeo.

Also this week: What Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath teaches us about the true nature of America.

Apple's new mobile software platform is designed to help collect data for medical research, but concerns have been raised about privacy and informed consent.