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The topics range from knowing our bodies — exploring mysteries of "lost posture" and how well your ears register audio quality — to stories of our times, such as gay marriage and political paranoia.

Researchers estimate hundreds of thousands of people get potentially serious brain injuries every year – but they often don't know it.

In part two of their conversation, NPR's Audie Cornish talks to an anonymous professional football player, whose new book is called NFL Confidential, about the fear of injury from playing football.

Polls are closing at this hour across much of New Hampshire after a day when state officials projected record voter turnout. Candidates are staked out around the state awaiting results.

"We used to refer to our detention as a 'DT' — a 'Donny Trump' — because he got more of them than most other people in the class," said one of Trump's grade school classmates.

Boston Globe reporter Sacha Pfeiffer was part of the investigative team that uncovered the massive scandal involving sexual abuse by Catholic priests. She speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about their story, which is now told in the feature film Spotlight.

After 16 years as host of The Daily Showon Comedy Central, Jon Stewart presented his farewell program last night. TV critic David Bianculli says it was an entertaining finale from start to finish.

The city tore down thousands of public housing units and is replacing them with mixed-income developments. The goal is to deconcentrate poverty. But it has been a hard return home for some residents.

"The really important thing to remember about Iowa is not that it's first because it's important. Iowa is important because it's first," said one political columnist.

The Learning Assistant Program at the University of Colorado Boulder is producing better science learning from kindergarten through college.