A new video game allows users to play a virtual trombone to the music of some familiar favorites. Players get feedback ranging from "nasty" to "perfecto" - making Trombone Champ a tootin' good time.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with British actor Tamara Lawrance, co-star of "The Silent Twins" - a movie about two girls who grew up speaking only to each other.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Sesame Street's Megan Piphus Peace, who recently joined the show as its first Black female puppeteer.

NASA aims to make history Monday by ramming a spacecraft into an asteroid - to deflect its trajectory. The test is meant to defend against possible future asteroids on a collision course with earth.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Harvard disinformation expert Joan Donovan about memes and how they've come to play, at times, a dangerous role in today's divisive political climate.

Fiona made landfall as a hurricane-strength post-tropical cyclone, causing widespread damage in five provinces and leaving more than 250,000 people without power.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, executive director of HOPE Community Center near Orlando, which helps newly arrived migrants in Florida.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with reporters Susan Glasser and Peter Baker. Their new book about former President Donald Trump probes his White House years for lessons about America's political future.

Scientists have found a mineral stronger than diamond. They say lonsdaleite could be used to fortify industrial tools like drill bits and saw blades - AND teach us about the evolution of earth.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Sudan Archives about her sophomore album, "Natural Brown Prom Queen."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rutgers professor David Noll about the rise of laws with citizen enforcement - passed mainly by Republican-controlled state legislatures.

Retailers have been complaining that credit card companies have the upper hand - charging them "swipe fees" when customers use cards. A bipartisan bill is in the works that could change that dynamic.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with author Randall Munroe about his new book, "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with South African actress Thuso Mbedu about her role in "The Woman King," a new movie about woman warriors in 19th century West Africa.

A look at how Republicans and Democrats are framing the story of migrants sent from Texas to Massachusetts - and what it reveals about the divide preventing immigration solutions.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with ESPN's Chris Fowler about what the retirements of two tennis stars, Serena Williams and Roger Federer, mean for the sport.

We take a look at the battle between state courts and legislatures on who sets election rules, as well as the pending Senate vote on a same-sex marriage bill.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to singer/songwriter Santigold about her new album, "Spirituals."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with professor Neal Devins of William and Mary School of Law about whether federal judges side with the presidents who appoint them.

Ukraine has retaken a number of villages in the country's east. These gains come as the operator of the Russian-held nuclear power plant said it will power down the last working reactor there.