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Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood is based on a real forest in the English countryside. NPR's Ari Shapiro visits Ashdown Forest with Kathryn Aalto, author of The Natural World of Winnie-the-Pooh.

Canadian photographers discovered a new kind of northern light. They describe it as a ribbon of purple light in the night sky. They chose to name this marvel of the natural world: Steve.

allow a high-speed ferry line between Nyack and Manhattan with a 500-space parking garage for commuters. Opponents say the ferry and garage will ruin the small town nature of the community. Those in favor say the projects will provide a much-needed boost to the local economy

of the Immigration and Naturalization Service was on Capitol Hill yesterday to give testimony on an embarrassing incident. In the summer of 1995, INS officials in Miami lied and deceived members of Congress who had come down for a visit. To make the center appear less crowded, they released dozens of illegal aliens...some criminals and some who hadn't been screened for communicable diseases. Last week, 12 INS employees were fired, demoted or suspended.

for practitioners of African-style hairbraiding. To comply with state law, braiders need to have a 'natural hair styling' cosmetology license,' which requires 900 hours of training. Some women, who do hair braiding for a living, have sued the state, saying the license requires things that have nothing to do with their profession.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service raided a construction site in northern Virginia today, to arrest illegal immigrants working there. The INS is working with the Commonwealth of Virginia to rout illegal workers and then supply the employer with the names of eligible people who could get off welfare if they had those jobs. NPR's Barbara Bradley went along on today's raid. While there, she talked with jobsite supervisors who wonder whether there are enough people on welfare who have the skills needed to do construction.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports on efforts by Odwallah Inc., a growing natural foods company, to recover from the fallout from a recent outbreak of E.coli bacteria in its products. One child died and 50 more were made sick by E.coli bacteria in apple juice sold by Odwallah. Now the company is hoping its reputation as a maker of wholesome food can save the company, but Odwallah has to get through a raft of lawsuits and a drop in its stock price first.

How did a man who had been working as a patent clerk publish four groundbreaking papers about space, time, atoms and the strange nature of light -- all in one year? A look at Albert Einstein's unique intelligence.

Marq de Villiers has written a chronicle of his favorite force of nature — its origins, its mythology and its temperamental side, too. Windswept: The Story of Wind and Weather is a personal exploration and a scientific guide. De Villiers tells Debbie Elliott about his book.

This month's My Playlist guest, Candice Byrd, describes herself as a quirky, natural, mixed kind of vibe Gemini.