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A team of researchers, analyzing NASA photographs, have discovered what they believe are the remnants of gigantic architectural features on the surface of the moon. Roving correspondent Bob Garfield sat through their press conference, and was stunned by what he heard.

Scott Bard reports from London on the fear raging through Europe over a possible link between "mad cow disease" and a deadly human brain disease. Yesterday the British Health Minister said a group of scientists had found the bovine disease the most likely explanation for the human fatalities -- spurring several European countries to ban or consider banning British beef.

order which gives the government the power to freeze bank accounts in the U.S. believed to be controlled by Hamas and other terrorist groups. But it's unclear how successful the order has been in preventing terrorists from getting to their money.

In the wake of Cuba's downing of two civilian aircraft, President Clinton today signed controversial legislation that will tighten the U.S. embargo of Cuba and permit Americans to file claims against Cuba in American courts. We hear excerpts from Mr. Clinton's remarks.

Linda talks with South African journalist Stephanie Bothma (BOT-ma) about the opening today of the murder trial of South Africa's former defense minister and several other former senior military officials. Magnus Malan (muh-LAWN) and the other defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge that they orchestrated a 1987 massacre of apartheid opponents. The trial has caused a sensation in South Africa; Malan is the highest-ranking former apartheid official to be put on trial.

SUSAN TALKS WITH NPR'S LINDA WERTHEIMER ABOUT THE WEEK'S POLITICAL NEWS AND SYNDICATED COLUMNIST GEORGIE ANN GEYER ABOUT THE REST OF THE WEEK'S NEWS.

HEAD LICE: Essayist Susan Arnout (AR-no) Smith tackles some of the shared" problems of child-rearing.

Using scrap tires as fill to build roads is becoming a popular way to solve the nationwide surfeit of used tires. But Jennie Schmidt of member station K-P-L-U in Seattle reports that two roads built with tire chips have been burning for months, and leaching noxious chemicals into nearby water. It could put an end to this novel form of recycling.