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NPR's Scott Simon asks science writer David Quammen about horizontal gene transfer and how it changes how we think about humankind's place in the world. Quammen's new book is The Tangled Tree.

Fourth of July travel is set to break records with nearly 71 million people expected to make trips over the holiday.

Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in the first attempt to adapt the blockbuster video game for the big screen. And Pedro Pascal returns in a real-life inspired Bay Area anthology with a lot going on.

Almost everyone who learns about the project thinks it sounds "crazy," admits one scientist. But the technology should work.

In the late summer of 1982, one man worked around the clock to program the video game version of Steven Spielberg's E.T. in just five weeks. The result wasn't pretty.

The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's rejection of some e-cigarettes. High schoolers are at the center of the case.

The federal government is taking action to pull many flavored products popular with kids off the market. Public health advocates say the move doesn't go far enough.

San Francisco is on the verge of a vote that would ban the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes. The vaping company, Juul, is based there, but city leaders say they need to protect teenagers.

The study finds that e-cigarettes are linked to increased risk of chronic lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis and COPD, as well as weakened immune defenses.

Wildfires ravaging California have led to intense scrutiny of the state's largest utility companies. PG&E and SoCal Edison say their infrastructure may be tied to some of the biggest blazes.