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NPR's Madeleine Brand talks to Nicole Weekes, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Pomona College in Southern California, about whether gender differences explain why more men than women take up careers in math or science. Harvard University President Lawrence Summers recently suggested that such differences in part accounted for the gender gap science and math related jobs.

Last week, John Ellsworth was granted legal access to the personal Yahoo e-mail account of his son Justin, a Marine killed in Iraq last fall. The case has sparked debate over who should have access to electronic communications when a person dies.

Commissioners investigating the Sept. 11 attacks say they're eager to hear National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice's account of the events leading up to the 2001 terror attacks. They want to compare her testimony to that heard last week from former counter-terrorism official Richard Clarke, who blasted the Bush administration for mishandling the al Qaeda threat. Hear NPR's Pam Fessler.

Firings, rehirings, resignations, fake accounts and a back-and-forth with the Federal Trade Commission in just this week alone are painting a dire picture for the future of the social media platform.

The Pentagon confirms an attack on al-Qaida suspects in southern Somalia. One spokesman said that the attack was based on what he called "credible evidence." But there are other accounts from the region itself that describe more than one assault, and more casualties.

As residents of Hawaii work to help their neighbors on Maui recover from the worst fire in the state’s history, young people are demanding more accountability from local leaders.

President Bush swiftly condemned North Korea's reported nuclear weapons test, saying the United States would hold North Korea "fully accountable for the consequences of such action." Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council began drafting a resolution that could lead to further sanctions against North Korea.

A federal task force to hold people accountable for threatening and harassing election workers has had few successful prosecutions so far. It can be difficult to get cases like these to the finish line because of First Amendment protections

The idea is to use a bowl — playing off the roundness, the curve of the vessel — to layer food into one satisfying meal.

The podcast tells the inside story of one of the country's first internet celebrity pastors.