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Much of the world follows the Gregorian calendar, named after Pope Gregory XIII, who put the finishing touches on a Roman system that integrated ideas from other cultures.

Television shows don't have to be good or smart to tell you something about the culture that spawns them, and you might be surprised how much The Bachelor has to say about power.

The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Bloomberg economics reporter Amara Omeokwe about the disconnect between economic numbers and consumer sentiment.

NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro donned an elaborate, colorful costume to samba her way through Rio's Carnival parade competition — and recovered quickly after forgetting to tie a crucial double knot.

Survivor 50 ends Wednesday night. NPR's Stephen Thompson shares what he thinks makes a good season of the show — and which season of all 50 is the best.

Astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope at a common kind of planet that's bigger than Earth but smaller than Neptune. What they saw wasn't what they expected.

NPR producer Tyler Bartlam enlists the help of her grandmother to make a special recipe.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to science writer Joel Achenbach about what NASA accomplished on the Artemis II mission, and where the effort to get to the moon goes from here.

The fearless free-funk and jazz artist, a student of Ornette Coleman's Harmolodics concept, followed his unorthodox path to a singular five-decade career.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the upcoming gold medal matches for the U.S. men's and women's basketball teams and a wrap-up of the Olympic games in Paris.

He was born before the Great Depression, came of age in WWII, and is still making wildlife documentaries. Brits call David Attenborough a national hero, as he celebrates his 100th birthday.