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  • Oregon cave holds 12,000-year-old sewn materials
    Oregon caves housed evidence of sewn materials from the end of the last Ice Age.
  • NO BS! Brass Band: Tiny Desk Concert
    When a studio engineer and drummer from New Orleans met one of the best trombone players in Richmond, Va., a funky, danceable, street-style brass band was born. Watch 11 musicians squeeze behind NPR Music's Tiny Desk, turn up the funk and fly the "RVA" flag high.
  • This photo from the Colorado Avalanche Information Center shows an area west of Silverton where two backcountry skiers were killed in an avalanche Saturday. The red circle indicates were the skiers were found. The red horizontal line indicates the extent of the avalanche crown.
    3 Skiers Killed In Colorado Avalanches As Authorities Warn Of Weak Snowpack
    "Colorado is the home of weak snow and avalanches are not uncommon. This year is worse," the Colorado Avalanche Information Center said Sunday. A snowmobiler in Wyoming also died on Friday.
  • What Science Fiction Books Does A Futurist Read?
    Science fiction's job is to give us a map of where we're headed. From Jules Verne to William Gibson, sci-fi authors describe their visions of the future, and how people might live in it. We ask Intel's futurist for his list of favorite sci-fi books.
  • "There is no such thing as a difficult word," <a href="https://www.npr.org/2011/11/10/141240217/my-accidental-masterpiece-the-phantom-tollbooth">said</a> Norton Juster, author of <em>The Phantom Tollbooth</em>. "There are only words you don't know yet — the kind of liberating words that Milo encounters on his adventure."
    'Phantom Tollbooth' Author Norton Juster Dies At 91
    The author of the beloved children's book reunited with its illustrator for the more recent The Odious Ogre. Juster was also an architect and he died due to complications from a recent stroke.
  • The Unexamined Life Examined In 'Mrs. Bridge'
    Best-selling mystery novelist James Patterson may be known for his thrillers, but the little book that profoundly influenced his writing was far less conspicuous. Mrs. Bridge, the tale of a Kansas City husband and wife, would stay with him forever.
  • Neera Tanden testified during a Senate Committee on the Budget hearing on Capitol Hill on Feb. 10.
    Neera Tanden Withdraws As Nominee For Office Of Management And Budget
    The former head of the Center for American Progress was criticized for tweets disparaging some lawmakers. President Biden said in a statement he accepted Tanden's request.
  • 'Spy': A Nuclear Caper, With A Nod From Clinton
    In Thomas Caplan's latest novel, The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen, Ty Hunter, a spy-turned-movie star, is called back to service at the U.S. president's behest. The book is Caplan's third work of fiction, and an early draft got a little editing help from the real-life ex-president.
  • Author David Browne describes the young James Taylor as a shy, troubled songwriter whose album <em>Sweet Baby James</em> became an unexpected hit.
    A Soothing New Sound For A Crummy New Decade
    1970 was a bummer of a year: violence, political unrest and the end of The Beatles. Fire and Rain, a new book by David Browne, chronicles that turbulent year in politics and music.
  • 'Crying Laughing' Will Have You Doing Both
    Lance Rubin's new novel follows an aspiring young comedian as she navigates the rough waters of romance, improv and her father's failing health, with plenty of laughs to light the darker moments.
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