The Latest Science Some ants appear to alter their nestss to prevent epidemics Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ari Daniel Elections The race for a governor in New Jersey could be close The race for governor in blue New Jersey appears to be a dead heat between Democratic Rep. and former Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill and pro-Trump Republican and longtime N.J. politician Jack Ciattarelli. Joe Hernandez Asia Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire after unprecedented clashes, including strikes in Kabul and the deaths of three cricket players Diaa Hadid Music A new short sound logo for the Charlotte symphony The Charlotte Symphony decided it wants a sonic logo, so it got a composer to write a seven-second piece of music for the orchestra. Eric Teel Arts & Life When the government shut down threatened Halloween bathrooms, a town rallied During its busiest time of year, "The Witch City" has come together to keep a national park site open — so all its costumed visitors can use the bathroom. Andrea Shea National More Americans say violence might be necessary to get the country back on track It's no secret that acrimony in America is high. And now, more Americans say violence might be necessary to get the country back on track. Domenico Montanaro Business Outage at Amazon's web services division disrupts major websites across the internet A technical issue with Amazon Web Services led to disruptions and outages across the internet. Amazon says they're fixing it but some disruptions are still ongoing. Jaclyn Diaz Arts & Life OpenAI's Sora 2 has put Hollywood on red alert The latest version of OpenAI's Sora can quickly turn text prompts and simple images into studio quality videos, leaving the entertainment industry deeply uneasy Mandalit del Barco Economy After years of shrinking, why is the gender pay gap getting wider? After years of shrinking, the gender pay gap is widening. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post reporter Taylor Telford about why some women are leaving the workforce. Alejandra Marquez Janse Clarissa Bitar composes songs of longing on ancient Middle Eastern instrument NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Clarissa Bitar about their new album, Bakhaf al-Layl, and how they are leaning into vocals after a long time spent not liking the sound of their voice. Sarah Handel Prev 725 of 1646 Next Sponsored
Science Some ants appear to alter their nestss to prevent epidemics Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ari Daniel
Elections The race for a governor in New Jersey could be close The race for governor in blue New Jersey appears to be a dead heat between Democratic Rep. and former Navy pilot Mikie Sherrill and pro-Trump Republican and longtime N.J. politician Jack Ciattarelli. Joe Hernandez
Asia Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire Pakistan and Afghanistan agree to a ceasefire after unprecedented clashes, including strikes in Kabul and the deaths of three cricket players Diaa Hadid
Music A new short sound logo for the Charlotte symphony The Charlotte Symphony decided it wants a sonic logo, so it got a composer to write a seven-second piece of music for the orchestra. Eric Teel
Arts & Life When the government shut down threatened Halloween bathrooms, a town rallied During its busiest time of year, "The Witch City" has come together to keep a national park site open — so all its costumed visitors can use the bathroom. Andrea Shea
National More Americans say violence might be necessary to get the country back on track It's no secret that acrimony in America is high. And now, more Americans say violence might be necessary to get the country back on track. Domenico Montanaro
Business Outage at Amazon's web services division disrupts major websites across the internet A technical issue with Amazon Web Services led to disruptions and outages across the internet. Amazon says they're fixing it but some disruptions are still ongoing. Jaclyn Diaz
Arts & Life OpenAI's Sora 2 has put Hollywood on red alert The latest version of OpenAI's Sora can quickly turn text prompts and simple images into studio quality videos, leaving the entertainment industry deeply uneasy Mandalit del Barco
Economy After years of shrinking, why is the gender pay gap getting wider? After years of shrinking, the gender pay gap is widening. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Post reporter Taylor Telford about why some women are leaving the workforce. Alejandra Marquez Janse
Clarissa Bitar composes songs of longing on ancient Middle Eastern instrument NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Clarissa Bitar about their new album, Bakhaf al-Layl, and how they are leaning into vocals after a long time spent not liking the sound of their voice. Sarah Handel