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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Matthieu Aikins, reporter for The New York Times in Kabul, about the latest from the Afghan capital.

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has spent the summer circling around on Mars. Its success has been called an "extra terrestrial Wright Brother's moment" and has opened the door to otherworldly aviation.

Lauren Groff digs deep into the past with Matrix, based on the real-life writer Marie de France. Little is known about the real Marie, but Groff gives us an ambitious, complex, striving woman.

Joel Charny, who worked in humanitarian aid for 40 years, speaks candidly about how humanitarianism has changed — and why people shouldn't treat aid workers as if they wear haloes.

Sunday marks the end of the Tokyo Olympics. Like the beginning, organizers planned a celebratory but subdued closing ceremony of a Games that battled through the pandemic and limited local enthusiasm.

Summer's the perfect time to read a romance — well, any time is perfect, but summer is particularly perfect. So we asked romance star Jasmine Guillory to recommend a few of her favorite hot reads.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Nicholas Kusnetz about support for carbon capture technology in the infrastructure bill.

During the pandemic, 15 children's hospitals reported that admissions for eating disorders doubled, on average. A Michigan teen shares her story about getting diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.

Who is responsible for society's ills? Writer David Brooks thinks he has the answer. Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with him about his recent column in The Atlantic, How The Bobos Broke America.

Bobby Bowden won 377 games in his career, including two national titles, and took the Florida State University Seminoles to post-season bowl games in 27 consecutive years.