Technology

Jim Beam Presents The Smart Decanter

5:06am December 06, 2017

Jim Beam is selling a talking whiskey decanter that will pour you a shot on command. It's voiced by a master distiller in Kentucky. But it deactivates after six months, and becomes a regular decanter.

Three of former President Barack Obama's tweets made the list for 2017's 10 most popular tweets, while President Trump failed to earn a spot.

National

Trump Isn't Among Year's Most Popular Tweets — Obama Dominates The List

9:52pm December 05, 2017

by Amy Held

2017 was a busy year for Twitter, with records broken for most retweets and likes. Former President Barack Obama had several of the year's most popular tweets.

Ask The FCC

3:44pm December 05, 2017

What do you want to ask an FCC commissioner?

Beyoncé performs at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 12. "Instead of me telling someone how good I look, I can just send them a picture of Beyoncé in a queen's outfit," Youth Radio's Robert Fisher says.

Music & Culture

What This Picture Of Beyoncé Tells Us About How Generation Z Connects

9:01pm December 04, 2017

Why talk when you can say it with an emoji or a GIF? "Instead of me telling someone how good I look, I can just send them a picture of Beyoncé in a queen's outfit," Youth Radio's Robert Fisher says.

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World News

Instructor Teaches Students To 'Learn To Program Or Be Programmed' In Brazil

4:42pm December 04, 2017

by Catherine Osborn

In Brazil, civic hackathons have become a popular way for people to use coding to help clean up their politics. The comes after a widespread corruption investigation uncovered how deep the fraud extends in the country's government.

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Faced with rocketing inflation and low oil prices, Venezuela has introduced new, larger banknotes this year. Now the country is planning a cryptocurrency tied to its oil reserves.

World News

Venezuela Will Create New 'Petro' Cryptocurrency, President Maduro Says

1:25pm December 04, 2017

by Bill Chappell

President Nicolás Maduro says Venezuela will use the "petro," backed by oil reserves and other natural resources, to defeat a financial blockade on his country.

Historic Drought Cripples Farms And Ranches In American West

The Ground Beneath Our Feet

1:08pm December 04, 2017

"Without proper care for it we can have no life."

Science

Encore: Blue Light And Sleep

8:08am December 03, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Lots of phone and tablet apps promise to improve sleep by filtering the blue light from device screens. But that won't help if you're not getting enough shuteye because of caffeine or stress.

President Trump meets with British Prime Minister Theresa May in New York in September. This week Trump passed along malicious messages from the racist, ultranationalist fringe group Britain First.

Politics & Government

Trump Retweeted A Racist Group, But How Did He Find Their Videos?

5:09am December 02, 2017

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon muses on President Trump's decision this week to share racist, ultranationalist videos with his Twitter followers.

Economy

Planet Money Goes To Space

6:12pm December 01, 2017

by Elizabeth Kulas, Robert Smith, Stacey Vanek Smith

No really, we are going into low Earth orbit.

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