Nov 19th, 2008 · The pioneering operation used a section of windpipe engineered in a laboratory with adult human stem cells. Engineering new tissues and organs from stem cells has long been sought as a solution to overcome a chronic shortage of donor organs.
Nov 18th, 2008 · Former airline executive Michael E. Levine wrote a Wall Street Journal op-ed piece arguing that a federal bailout would be bad for General Motors. Reorganization in federal bankruptcy court is a better solution, Levine says.
Nov 6th, 2008 · The Republican Party was beaten badly in Tuesday's elections. Many Republicans are calling for the party to reexamine itself. Ross Douthat is a senior editor at The Atlantic and he co-authored Grand New Party. He tells Steve Inskeep that the party has to go back to focusing on the working-class and come up with conservative solutions to their problems.
Nov 4th, 2008 · The economic crisis is a driving force in some voters' decisions at the polls. But there's no consensus among voters NPR spoke with Tuesday about which presidential candidate offered the better solution to the problem.
Oct 27th, 2008 · In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and his opponent, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, were on the campaign trail offering voters solutions to the Great Depression. Historian David Kennedy, professor emeritus at Stanford University and the author of Freedom from Fear, talks about how the candidates ran on the crisis and the solutions they offered.
Oct 21st, 2008 · Off-Broadway artist Fan Yang creates both teeny tiny and gigantic bubbles for the "Gazillion Bubbles Show." The bubbles require a special soapy solution. Last June, thieves stole tons of the solution when they burglarized his warehouse. Now, thanks to a Hong Kong company, Yang's bubbles will rise again. The company shipped enough solution so the show can go on.
Oct 19th, 2008 · The financial crisis stands to have a significant impact on poorer nations that are largely dependent on foreign aid. Instead of cash contributions, one expert says that other means, such as lowering trade barriers, could be a feasible solution.
Oct 14th, 2008 · In his new book, Hot, Flat, And Crowded, Thomas Friedman warns that our thirst for fossil fuels is polluting the planet, altering the climate, dragging down the economy and endangering national security. A green revolution, says Friedman, "is not about the whales"; it's a competitive necessity.