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The global pandemic has led to a decline in ship traffic around the world, which means the oceans are quieter, given marine mammals a break from human activity.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Mateo Askaripour about his satirical debut novel, Black Buck.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to arts reviewer Ben Luke about how visual arts flourished during the pandemic.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.The literary classic's copyright expired on the first day of 2021.

An accomplished writer and guitarist suffered a devastating stroke. He lost use of his strumming hand. But he still found a way to continue making beautiful music on his guitar.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Michelle Zuluaga of the Latino Community Fund, about getting out the Latino vote in Georgia's senate run-offs.

Could smoke carry disease-causing microorganisms? "It's a very new idea to think of smoke as having a living component," says Leda Kobziar, co-author of an article that explores this theory.

Nearly two months after Election Day, Facebook still prohibits political ads. The ban is frustrating some elected leaders who say it makes it harder to get out information about the pandemic.

One law would allow for the blocking of foreign websites that it says "discriminate" against Russian media, while another would allow people convicted of slander to be jailed for up to two years.

"You have a group of 650 people whose wealth has gone up a trillion dollars since mid-March," says Chuck Collins of the Institute for Policy Studies. He recommends taxing a portion of those gains.