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NPR's Joanne Silberner reports that a new study has found that genetic factors alone may not be responsible for Alzheimer's disease. Now, scientists are considering how environmental factors may interact with genes to cause the onset of the debilitating condition.

For years, Japan has been trying to gain a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council. NPR's Eric Weiner reports that the current Japanese government is pushing even harder. They believe that Japan's chances have now improved, due in part to its greater engagement in the international community.

Solar panels and other devices that allow homeowners to generate their own power have been available since the late 1970s. At first, cost and reliability kept them from being widely used. But now the technology behind solar power has improved, and electricity shortages in states like California have caused some consumers to look again to the sun for their power needs. NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the renewed interest in solar power.

From member station KCUR, Jeremy Cate reports on a growing problem for many airports -- collisions between wildlife and airplanes. In Kansas City, they're trying a unique experiment to keep deer from wandering on to the runway.

Linda Wertheimer talks with Richard Atkinson, president of the the University of California system, about his push to ban the SAT as an admission requirement for UC schools. Atkinson hopes to replace the aptitude test with a test based on curriculum.

NPR's Eric Westervelt reports that organized labor is adopting a wait-and-see attitude toward the new Bush Administration. Unions may get an indication of the administration's intentions when Labor Secretary Elaine Chao addresses the AFL-CIO today in Los Angeles.

Here's why the 19th-century French comic opera and its famous can-can music is perfect music for Halloween 2021.

When Delavan native Cody Diekhoff returns to Kenny's Westside Pub in Peoria on Nov. 6, the longtime solo artist will bring his full band The Field Notes with him.

According to their findings, Vikings sailed to Newfoundland about 1,000 years ago.

It marks an abrupt end to a sense of normalcy that had settled over Moscow. On Thursday, Russia reported 1,159 deaths in the previous 24 hours. The Kremlin blames Russians' reluctance to vaccinate.