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Fifty-seven percent of Floridian voters wanted to protect abortion rights going up to about the 24th week of pregnancy. But a 60 percent majority is required there, so the abortion amendment failed.

On a rare undeveloped point of the California coast, scientists are trying to repopulate shorelines with an endangered marine snail. This type of experimental conservation is becoming more necessary. This story first aired on All Things Considered on November 7, 2024.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sunmin Kim, an assistant professor in Dartmouth College's sociology department, about the reliability of political polling leading up to elections.

Montana not only went enthusiastically for Trump for a third time, but took the last statewide seat held by a Democrat. Senator Jon Tester's defeat caps a years-long quest to erase purple from Montana's map.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to British commentator, Inaya Folarin Iman, about the remarkable rise of Kemi Badenoch who this month became the first black woman to lead a major UK party.

We look at what will a second Trump term will mean for Africa - a continent the President elect has never visited and has openly denigrated.

NPR's Scott Simons speaks with 17-year-old Anna Leigh Waters, a top-ranked pickleball player who is defending her title at the Pickleball World Championships in Dallas.

Could monkeys randomly striking keys on a keyboard for an for an infinite period of time produce a Shakespearean work? Doubtful, says a new study of the "Infinite Monkey Theorem."

As part of our StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, this Veteran's Day weekend, we hear from Anna Cherepnina, who was trying to help troops in Afghanistan deal with combat stress when she was sent reeling with a series of tragic losses.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Oscar-winning actor, Cillian Murphy, about his latest role in Small Things Like These. The film examines abuses committed by the Catholic church in Ireland.