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Manfred Steiner dreamed of being a physicist but his parents convinced him to be a doctor. When he retired, he enrolled in a PhD program. Weeks before his 90th birthday, he defended his dissertation.

While Florida ports have been working since before the pandemic to attract more cargo routes, experts say this latest push may not provide a quick fix to supply chain bottlenecks.

Hulu's limited series Dopesick provides a cathartic piece of storytelling for those with connections to the opioid crisis.

Only five votes currently separate the candidates for the Democratic primary for Florida's 20th congressional district, with more still to be counted. Even election attorneys don't agree about what happens in the case of a tie.

The court's five-page document explains a decision to place a stay on a ruling by Leon County Judge John Cooper, who said the governor overstepped his authority in the July 30 executive order.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports a car bomb exploded in Jerusalem today, injuring one person, just two days after rightwing leader Ariel Sharon won a sweeping victory in Israel's election for Prime Minister. Sharon is now consulting with the Labor Party of his defeated rival, Ehud Barak, in a bid to form a national unity government. Sharon might have to moderate some of his right-wing views to ensure Labor's participation. That has some of Israel's West Bank settlers uncertain about what approach Sharon will take to their presence in the occupied territories.

Noah Adams talks with horse and cattle veterinarian Dr. Luther Mc Connell. Dr. Mc Connell is currently rehabilitating a baby moose who was found along side the body of his dead mother near the town of Dusty, Washington.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the expected landing by a NASA spacecraft on an asteroid that's flying through the solar system. The craft is called NEAR, for Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous. The information from Monday's landing may help future efforts to deflect asteroids from hitting the Earth.

A radicial approach to boost scores on state standardized tests is being tried by the Kansas City-Missouri School District--inviting students to study on Saturdays. Laura Spencer of member station KCUR in Kansas City reports that if scores don't improve, the state will take over the school district.

Lisa speaks with John Chowning, Vice President of Church and External relations at Campbellsville University in Campbellsville Kentucky about some of the things a town goes through when a factory shuts down. Two years ago the small town lost its largest employer, Fruit of the Loom, but some of the jobs were replaced by Amazon.com. In the last few weeks, residents there have been facing the fear once again of potential job loss, but so far the town has escaped job cuts, at least for now. (5:30).

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on a possible wrinkle in the space-time continuum. Really. Physicists measuring the fundamental characteristics of a subatomic particle, the muon, have come up with some very puzzling results that could punch a hole in the long-standing "standard model" of how matter is put together. And that could help usher in a completely new theory of matter, time and space. Unless, of course, some scientist has made a mistake. (4:30) (It was later revealed this was a mistake: "Well, I would say I'm responsible for the mistake. My collaborator did most of the work, but I am equally guilty of making mistakes." Toichiro Kinoshita, a physicist at Princeton University. Kinoshita's sin was to have a minus sign where he should have had a plus or maybe the other way around. He can't quite remember, though it ended up having gigantic consequences. Kinoshita and his colleague were calculating how a particular subatomic particle behaves when it's stuck in a magnetic field. The particle, it turns out, wobbles like a toy top at a particular frequency. Kinoshita enlisted hundreds of computers and, after a decade of heroic work, had precisely predicted how fast it should wobble according to the laws of physics. Last winter, other physicists who were out measuring the wobble found it differed significantly from Kinoshita's prediction. In the clockwork world of physics, this was potentially a huge finding, signaling something new and mysterious, except that it wasn't. Kinoshita traced his error to a tiny quirk in a computer program he was using. He hadn't checked that bit, in part because other physicists using a different approach had gotten the same answer."

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports cities and states have long used the legal concept of eminent domain to seize private land to build highways or railroads deemed necessary for the public good. Some critics complain that local governments are abusing these powers . In New York right now, government officials want to seize some private land to build what they say is a much-needed shopping plaza in East Harlem.

In anticipation of upcoming writers' and actors' strikes, Hollywood studios are shooting more and more "reality" shows. NPR's Mandalit Delbarco reports on the advantages of "reality TV" -- they are non-union, don't use actors or "writers" in the traditional sense, and like Survivor, have the potential to be very profitable.

Host Bob Edwards shares listener comments in the Morning Edition letters segment.

The federal penalty program finishes its first decade by lowering payments to nearly half the nation’s hospitals for readmitting too many Medicare patients within a month.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that since President Bush was inaugurated, U.S. and Russian officials have exchanged some heated words.

NPR's Guy Raz reports from Berlin that German prosecutors will end a year-long criminal investigation into former Chancellor Helmut Kohl's role in illegal fundraising. Kohl agreed to pay a $140,000 fine so that the charges would be dropped.

Commentator Michael McFaul suggests that for all the bickering, the Russians might actually prefer the Bush administration to that of President Clinton.

The National Transportation Safety Board is expressing concern with a new, looser, Federal Aviation Administration policy on air traffic controller mistakes. Air traffic controllers can now allow planes to get 20-percent closer to one another than the law allows without risking punishment. Robert talks with Dr. Marvin Smith, Chairman of the Air Traffic Management Degree Program at Embry Riddle University in Daytona, Florida.

Robert talks with Wall Street Journal sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about the challenges facing the National Basketball Association as the league enters All Star Game weekend. The NBA is getting ready to renegotiate its television contract at a time when attendance at games has been flat, and television ratings are down.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that President Bush has ordered a sweeping review of U.S. defense needs for the future. The review aims to take a hard look at current strategic concepts and deployments and to assess whether these are the best suited for the U.S. military of the 21st century.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports from Northern China on political corruption in China's provinces. The latest incident involves a member of the Communist Party who was a figure in the local people's Congress and a mob boss. Critics say major political reforms are needed in order to erase the link between organized crime and the government.

David D'arcy reports on "outsider art"-- works produced by self-taught artists. The work is known for its unconventional materials as well as for the unusual biographies of some of its creators.

NPR's Barbara Bradley reports on the progress made on Capitol Hill as lawmakers attempt to document the process behind President's Clinton's controversial pardon of fugitive Marc Rich.

Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews Hannibal, the sequel to The Silence of the Lambs. The film opens today nationwide.