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How Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad turned childhood awkwardness into his job

By PBS NewsHour

Jad Abumrad says he grew up in a kind of in-between space, as an Arab kid in Nashville.

Remembering Challenger, a disaster that shook up the space program

By PBS News Hour

Thirty years ago, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded just after takeoff, a tragedy that was broadcast on live television. Nationwide excitement for the mission turned to horror over the crew of seven who died on board. Science correspondent Miles O'Brien…

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The story of Barbara Morgan, the first teacher in space

By Justin Scuiletti

Barbara Morgan first trained to go into space in the 1980s as part of the Teachers in Space Project.

Brick by brick, Lego diversifies its toys with a minifigure in a wheelchair

By Joshua Barajas

Lego unveiled its first-ever minifigure in a wheelchair, which first appeared at international toy fairs this week.

Last week’s blizzard ranked one of the worst since 1950

By Erik Andersen

Last week's blizzard, which brought the nation's capital to a standstill and claimed at least 27 lives, was one of the worst in the recorded history of the Northeast.

Senate Democrats pitch $400 million fix for lead pipes in Flint

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Senate Democrats on Thursday proposed up to $400 million in emergency federal aid to Flint, Michigan, half of what the state's Republican governor says it will cost to replace and fix the city's lead-contaminated pipes.

White House: Obama doesn’t want to serve on Supreme Court

By Associated Press

Don't expect Barack Obama to wind up on the Supreme Court -- he doesn't want the job.

President Reagan’s speech to a nation reeling after Challenger disaster

By Joshua Barajas

Thirty years ago, the nation witnessed one of NASA's most public failures when the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean 73 seconds into launch. It left President Ronald Reagan with the sizable duty of consoling the nation…

Barbie is getting a brand new look, or several of them

By Dominique Bonessi

After more than a half-century of white skin, bleach-blonde hair, blue eyes and unrealistic body dimensions, Barbie dolls are getting a makeover. Mattel Inc., the company that created Barbie, is re-imagining her with different body types, skin color and hair.

WHO alarmed at spread of Zika virus and risk of deformities in babies

By Larisa Epatko

Millions of cases of the Zika virus, with its potential to cause deformities in newborns, might come to the Americas over the next year, World Health Organization officials said Thursday.