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There are the summer sounds we know: the buzz of a mosquito or the chirp of a cricket — and then there are the sounds we're only just discovering, like the thumping language of treehoppers.

Regulators recommend utility company Pacific Gas and Electric pay a $2.25 billion penalty for a natural gas explosion in San Bruno, Calif. The fire, blamed on poor maintenance on an aging pipeline, killed eight people, injured dozens and destroyed 38 homes in the San Francisco suburb.

States are starting to move away from using solitary confinement in prison. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Bernie Warner, who is overseeing moving prisoners out of solitary in Washington.

A group of Illinois State University faculty members are working on the research and development of physical spaces and social practices that foster relationships between people of different generations.

A new survey shows that the sound of cars and planes and other forms of noise pollution are rampant across the American wilderness. In many cases, man-made noise is drowning out the background sounds.

Government scientists warn climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common.

Germany was a pioneer in the solar power industry, but succumbed to competition from China. Now, Germany — and the European Union — are trying to revitalize the industry once again.

Japan, China and South Korea have discovered bilberries, lingonberries and cloudberries, which grow wild in Lapland. Exporters want to find a way to cultivate them to better control the supply.

For financially vulnerable college students, a natural disaster could knock them off the graduation track. But colleges can help.

"We [have] to do the right thing to protect those who are vulnerable," Maron says. His new Netflix stand-up special, End Times Fun, was named before the coronavirus pandemic.