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Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow.

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

We have a lot of labels for Leonardo da Vinci but a new documentary seeks to understand him as a person.

NPR's Scott Detrow continues his interview with journalist Bob Woodward about his book War, which details how the Biden administration has navigated Russia's war with Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with legendary journalist Bob Woodward, whose new book War -- like so many of his books about the American presidency over the last half century - is generating headlines.

Bob Woodward speaks to NPR about the revelations in his new book, and recounts how key moments and meetings in recent years played out behind closed doors.

Prominent Christian theologian Richard B. Hays' work was often cited as a reason for not allowing same-sex relationships in Christian churches. In a new book, The Widening of God's Mercy, co-written with his son Chris Hays, he reverses course, and cites Biblical support for allowing LGBTQ relationships in Christianity.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with researcher James Penca about two new discoveries in the wreck of the Titanic: a statue experts thought lost, and the collapse of an iconic part of the ship.