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All Things Considered host Audie Cornish talks with Andrew Ng, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. He led a Google research team in creating a neural network out of 16,000 computer processors to try and mimic the functions of the human brain. Given three days on YouTube, the network taught itself how to identify — cats.

In the face of rising COVID-19 cases, Dr. Bob Wachter of the University of California, San Francisco, offers reasons to be hopeful about the pandemic's outlook in the months ahead.

NPR's Shannon Bond talks with Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Toure, known as "the Hendrix of the Sahara," about his new album.

Six-time NFL champion Bill Belichick has agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots, bringing an end to his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league’s Super Bowl era.

Reigning world champion Alysa Liu is Team USA's best shot for an Olympic medal in the figure skating final Thursday night.

Electronic composer Jlin warps percussion and other-worldly sounds into a fascinating, challenging collage. On a new album, she also gets a bit more... straightforward.

Pat Kelsey has backed out of an agreement to take over the men's basketball program at UMass, citing personal reasons.UMass athletic director Ryan Bamford…

Half a million flowers went into the structure, which is a replica of a pre-Incan pyramid.

President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden were in Nashville Thursday night to make their closing pitches to voters.

Puerto Rican band Buscabulla discusses how they made the song "Andrea" with rapper Bad Bunny, and what it means for pop music to raise awareness about intimate partner violence.