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Trees surround Crawford Lake in Milton, Ontario., on Monday, July 10, 2023. A team of scientists is recommending the start of a new geological epoch defined by how humans have impacted the Earth should be marked at the pristine Crawford Lake outside Toronto in Canada.

Scientists say new epoch marked by human impact — the Anthropocene — began in 1950s

The Anthropocene Working Group is proposing a small but deep lake outside of Toronto, Canada — Crawford Lake — to place a historic marker.

8 mistakes to avoid if you're going out in the heat

You can still enjoy the outdoors this summer despite the scorching weather, if you're smart about it. Here's what to watch out for and how to stay safe.

Czech author Milan Kundera is best known for his book <em>The Unbearable Lightness of Being.</em> After the Soviet occupation, Kundera was blacklisted and banned. He lived in exile in France, where he would later become a citizen. He's pictured above in 1973.

Milan Kundera, who wrote 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being,' dies at 94

The Czech writer tackled big topics — sex, surveillance, death, totalitarianism — but always with a sense of humor. Blacklisted and banned in the Soviet Union, he left for France in 1975.

Tiffany Eckert

Tiffany Eckert is a reporter for KLCC, the NPR member station in Eugene, Oregon. Her reporting comes to JPR through the Northwest News Network, a collaboration between public media organizations in Oregon and Washington.

Showers or flowers, it's April, and time for First Friday Arts

April 2022 First Friday Arts arts organizations to phone 800-838-3760 to boost their events on air.

AIFF documentary examines the fate of 'The Invisible Class'

Documentary film about the systemic causes of homelessness, "The Invisible Class," part of the Ashland Independent Film Festival.

Exchange Exemplar: Emily Dickinson's gardening advice (kind of )

Marta McDowell, a gardener and landscaper, compiled the poet's writing on gardening in Emily Dickinson's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Iconic Poet.

Republican presidential contender Doug Burgum, who's governor of North Dakota, is offering to send people $20 gift cards if they donate as little as $1 to his campaign. He's seen here last month speaking in Ankeny, Iowa.

Doug Burgum is offering $20 to people donating $1 to his campaign. Is that legal?

"Depending on the outcome, it will either be viewed as genius or the dumbest political move in history," political science professor Patricia Crouse told NPR.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler's famous 1871 oil on canvas was actually conceived as "an experiment in color." It's called <em>Arrangement in Gray and Black No.1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother</em>.

When Whistler's model didn't show up, his mom stepped in — and made art history

Susan Stamberg, one of NPR's "founding mothers," pays a visit to a painting of another famous mother at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: James Abbott McNeill Whistler's 1871 oil on canvas.

Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Christopher Wray is expected to face a wide range of questions from GOP lawmakers on the House Judiciary panel who argue his agency has been weaponized against political opponents. Wray was nominated by former President Trump.

Republicans want answers from FBI Director Wray in their push for Biden probes

Wray will field questions from GOP Chairman Jim Jordan and other Judiciary Republicans who accuse the agency of "weaponizing" its power for political reasons.

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