All Nerddoms Welcome: The Intergalactic Krewe Of Chewbacchus Parades In New...
In the weeks leading up to Mardi Gras on Feb. 25, the streets of New Orleans are filled with a series of extravagant parades organized by local krewes. Saturday night's parade was a glittering, glowing...
View ArticleU.S. May Get More Ventilators But Run Out Of Medicine For COVID-19 Patients
As hospitals across the country fill with COVID-19 patients, medical personnel are sounding the alarm about shortages of drugs essential to those patients' care. "We have seen an increase in demand on...
View ArticleMeet The Team Behind The Coronavirus Tracker Watched By Millions
For the latest COVID-19 statistics, updated in near real time, millions of people around the world have been turning to an interactive, Web-based dashboard created by a small team at Johns Hopkins...
View ArticleVirologist Spends His Days 'Hunting The Thing That Wants To Hunt Us'
As the novel coronavirus continues its global rampage, scientists around the world are racing to stop its spread. Dozens of projects have been launched under great pressure to deliver a vaccine as...
View ArticleMemorializing Those Who Died In The Time Of COVID-19
Virtual vigils , streamed live on Facebook. Websites that collate the names and photos of the dead. Video projections of those we have lost, shining onto building facades. In the absence of collective...
View ArticleAt The D.C. Protests, A 'Lean On Me' Singalong Offered A Moment Of Solace
It had been a long, hot day of protests in Washington, D.C. As dusk descended on the nation's capital on June 3, a man in the crowd held up a microphone. The man, Maryland-based singer Kenny Sway ,...
View ArticlePush To Remove Confederate Monuments Opens Debate On Other Honored Historical...
Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit NOEL KING, HOST: In Richmond, Va., there's a place called Monument Avenue. Until yesterday, when you visited Monument Avenue, you would find a statue of the...
View ArticleRevisiting Sacred Cows: Which Figures From History Do We Honor, And How?
In Richmond, Va., the former capital of the Confederacy, a bronze statue of Confederate general Stonewall Jackson sitting triumphantly astride his horse, Little Sorrel , no longer towers above that...
View ArticleBaseball Stadiums May Be Empty, But You Can Still Hear The Crowds
When Major League Baseball launches its shortened, COVID-delayed season on Thursday, there will be no fans in the stands. But it will sound like there are. All 30 teams will be piping recorded sounds...
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