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What Did I Do Last Summer? Oh, I Discovered How To Make Babies Without Sex. And You?

Sex is nice, but can animals make babies without it? One summer, two little boys, their tutor and the tutor's two friends did an experiment to explore this question. What they discovered, back in 1740, shocked the world.

Walking Through Life As 'The Pastor'

Saturday on weekends on All Things Considered, host Guy Raz spoke with Pastor Eugene Peterson about his keeping faith in times of tragedy. Due to an overwhelming response from the audience following that conversation, the show is airing a rebroadcast of his initial interview with host Guy Raz from 2011. In that interview, Peterson talked about his memoir, The Pastor. (This piece initially aired March 6, 2011 on weekends on All Things Considered.)

When Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast in 2012, Little Ferry, N.J., and other coastal New Jersey communities suffered devastating floods. Now, Little Ferry is one of five communities slated to get a protective berm as part of the New Meadowlands coastal fortification plan. Meanwhile, other New Jersey communities are encouraging people to move away from flood-prone areas.

N.J. Braces For Future Disasters By Fleeing, And Fortifying, The Coast

Federal funds are supporting two different disaster-prevention approaches — coastal retreat, or people leaving flood zones, and coastal defense, or building infrastructure to protect at-risk areas.

A 2015 study of the racial/ethnic diversity of sources on NPR's weekday newsmagazines shows this breakdown.

NPR's On-Air Source Diversity: Some Improvement, More Work To Be Done

More of NPR's sources are black, but female, Latino, and Asian sources show little to no gain over three years.

How many signs like this were there in October? We got a clue today.

Job Growth Beats Forecasts; Unemployment Rate Is 7.9 Percent

There were about 50,000 more jobs added to payrolls than economists expected. Also: September's growth was revised upward. This is the last major economic report before Election Day and is sure to be a hot topic on the campaign trail.

Abdullah Shrim, a former beekeeper, is credited with rescuing more than 300 Yazidi women and children held captive by ISIS.

This Man Has Freed Hundreds Of Yazidis Captured By ISIS. Thousands Remain Missing

His phone rarely stops ringing. Most calls and messages are from other Yazidis in Iraq's Kurdistan region, asking for help to find their relatives. Others are from people threatening to kill him.

Uighur security personnel patrol near the Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, a city in northwestern China's Xinjiang region, in 2017. Xinjiang authorities have detained members of the Uighur ethnic minority, who are largely Muslim, and held them in camps the authorities call "education and training centers."

Ex-Detainee Describes Torture In China's Xinjiang Re-Education Camp

"They made me wear what they called 'iron clothes,'" the man tells NPR, describing a 50-pound metal suit he was forced to wear for 12 hours. When he returned home, people were afraid to speak to him.

Congress Promised Student Borrowers A Break. Education Dept. Rejected 99% Of Them

When a loan forgiveness program for public servants wasn't working, Congress created a temporary fix. A new report shows that the program didn't fix much.

NPR Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month / NPR Celebra El Mes De La Herencia Hispana

Check out some of NPR's special programming for Hispanic Heritage Month / Explora alguna de la programación especial que NPR presenta en el mes de la herencia hispana

Judy Towler with her fourth-grade class at Bryant Elementary School.

Seattle Offers Lessons in Bridging Achievement Gap

Across America, schools are struggling to close the achievement gap between low-income and minority students and their white and more affluent peers. Seattle's efforts offer a window into just how challenging that can be.

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