Chloe Prasinos

Registered sex offenders say laws that make their identities public and restrict where they can live violate their civil rights. But victims' advocates argue the laws are needed to keep families safe.

Young people between the ages of 18 and 35 spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year. NPR asked some in this group how brands and corporations can get their attention.

Our sense of smell isn't simply a powerful trigger. It's a draw to scientists — and to a flourishing subculture in Los Angeles, where amateur perfumers collect fragrances like others collect stamps.