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For our Trade Lingo series, Melissa Block talks to Jerry Murry about the railroad lingo, "highball."

Also in this week's tech roundup, America's biggest bank says 76 million households were affected by its summer hack.

From the TED Radio Hour, an idea worth spreading: When she was 7, Dame Gillian Lynne's mother took her to a doctor, worried she had a learning disorder. The diagnosis? She was just born to dance.

In Age of Opportunity, psychologist Larry Steinberg applies neuroscience to risk-taking, peer influence, the boredom of high school and other adolescent conundrums.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Financial Times' Daniel Dombey about recent developments in Turkey, since its parliament voted to assist U.S.-led forces in the fight against ISIS.

Activists in Hong Kong have spent a week protesting for democracy. The situation is escalating, with police using tear gas. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with correspondent Anthony Kuhn in Hong Kong.

The new mother, 36, had been born without a uterus, so another woman, 61, donated her womb several years after she had gone through menopause.

With four casinos shuttered, a fifth on the brink and 7,000 jobs lost, the once-glittery Atlantic City ponders a path to the future.

October brings the peak of the autumn foliage season in many U.S. states. Thanks to the NPR community, we've collected some photos that are worth taking a break from the news to stare at.

More Hollywood writers are having Latino characters speak a mix of English and Spanish. But if Latinos themselves are divided over Spanglish, how can the entertainment industry get it right?