Valentine’s Day is a month away, and we want to hear your love stories.
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Tiny Desk Concert: Kevin Kaarl
The Chihuahuan artist transfigures traditional Sinaloan instrumentation into folky new styles.
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Navajo Nation objects to a plan to send human remains to the moon
A CEO of one of the companies offering “memorial spaceflights” says his customers view it as “an appropriate celebration” of their loved ones.
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Winter storm brings snow to the East Coast. But what’s in a snowflake?
A winter storm brought heavy rain and snow to parts of the East Coast this weekend, which got us thinking about snowflakes. Those intricate, whimsical crystals are a staple of magical wintry scenes, but how big can they really get? Well, according to the Guinness World Record keepers, the “largest snowflake” ever recorded was a whopping 15 inches in diameter. It was spotted near Missoula, Montana in 1887. But Kenneth Libbrecht, a physicist at Caltech, has long been skeptical of that record. So he set out to find what makes a snowflake a snowflake and whether that 1887 record is scientifically possible. You can read more about what he discovered here.
Want to share the snowflakes you’ve spotted this winter? Email us a photo at shortwave@npr.org.
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An endangered river dolphin finds an unlikely savior: fisherfolk
In Pakistan, illiterate fishermen have become citizen scientists, helping to revive the fortunes of the endangered Indus River dolphin.
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Alaska Airlines grounds 737 Max 9 fleet after window blows out on flight from Oregon
Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft, hours after a window on one such plane blew out midair and forced an emergency landing in Oregon. The airline said the plane landed safely.
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Perspective: Getting to know the Puzzlemaster, Will Shortz
Weekend Edition host Ayesha Rascoe spent the day with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz to talk all things puzzle, table tennis, and a new chapter of his life.
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Heavy snow and ice are expected to frost the East Coast, from Virginia to Maine
States across the East Coast, including North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Vermont, are expected to see wintry conditions that could lead to power outages and slippery roads.
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North and South Korea conduct provocative military drills along their sea boundary
The rival Koreas fired artillery rounds into the sea as part of provocative drills along their disputed sea boundary Friday, in violation of the fragile 2018 inter-Korean agreement.
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Don’t look so blue, Neptune: Now astronomers know this planet’s true color
Neptune has long been depicted as a deeper, darker blue than its fellow ice giant Uranus, but a new study shows that both are a similar shade of light greenish blue.
