On this July 4th week, weβre handing the mic to 4th graders for a history lesson
One group was tasked with studying the Quartering Act of 1765. Their podcast was one of nearly 2,000 submitted to NPRβs Student Podcast Challenge.
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One group was tasked with studying the Quartering Act of 1765. Their podcast was one of nearly 2,000 submitted to NPRβs Student Podcast Challenge.
Painted lady butterflies are flying more than 2,600 miles over the Atlantic Ocean without stopping, one of the longest recorded journeys ever taken by a flying insect.
As part of Morning Edition's July 4th celebrations, we hear the stories of two new U.S. citizens, Joanne and Andy Daw who migrated from the U.K. What does it mean for them to be an American?
Boston is adorning trains with googly eyes. Silly, yes. Is it charming riders?
As Fourth of July festivities roll out across the nation this week, the celebrations hold special meaning for newly minted citizens.
A mountaineer who's gotten to the top of Mount Everest 14 times has been cleaning trash off the mountain with a team of climbers.
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine say they successfully transplanted a kidney while the patient was awake.
A plant was rediscovered by accident in Vermont last month, the first time it was seen in more than a century.