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A century ago, the Wright Brothers were working hard to develop the first manned flying machine. They weren't the only ones. One of their chief rivals was Samuel Pierpont Langley, an esteemed scientist and secretary of the Smithsonian Insitution. Author James Tobin tells Langley's story to NPR's Liane Hansen.

A new study shows that daughters of women who took the anti-miscarriage drug DES, a synthetic estrogen, have a higher risk of developing breast cancer after age 50.

The congressman who presided over the Nixon impeachment hearings has died. Democrat Peter Rodino was 95. Melissa Block talks with attorney John Doar about Rodino, who served 40 years in Congress and was the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate era.

Six finalists competed in the competition in Fort Worth, Texas, including two from Russia and one from Ukraine. An 18-year-old South Korean was the youngest to win in the contest's 60-year history.

More than 200 years ago Friday, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, changing the course of history. NPR marks the anniversary each year by reading the full document.

Ada Limón was named as the nation's 24th poet laureate by the Library of Congress. She will take over from Joy Harjo, who has held the position since 2019.

When Eva Rutland saw her four children go off to school in 1950s Sacramento, it was in a new era of integration. Her memoir of that time, When We Were Colored, is now being republished by her daughter.

The ubiquitous scrunchie has a special place in fashion history. Its creator, Rommy Hunt Revson, died at 78 on Sept. 7.

A new cookbook spreads the wisdom and recipes of the late Elizabeth David, perhaps the most celebrated English food writer of the last century. David enjoys a place in British cooking and culture somewhat like that of Julia Child in the United States.

Adolf Hitler was determined to take Stalingrad. Josef Stalin and the Soviet Union were equally determined to stop him, which resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of World War II.