6+ hour, 2+ min ago   (69+ words) Little Rock Public Radio On Thursday, the moon will glow red as a near-total lunar eclipse passes over North America, Europe and Africa. U.S. East Coast residents will have the chance to see a 96% lunar eclipse soon after midnight. Host Robin…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (76+ words) Little Rock Public Radio Amid backlash from residents, some cities are upping their standards for acceptable data centers As the number of data centers across the U.S. continues to increase, so does public opposition to them. That has some cities changing…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (741+ words) In the fall of 2002, scientists calculated the mass of a truly gargantuan entity at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. It was four million times the mass of our Sun — so big it almost certainly had to be a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (77+ words) ualrpublicradio.org The rise and fall of AI-assisted robot guards and cops As Here & Now continues to look at law enforcement’s use of artificial intelligence, we hear about the rise and fall of the use of AI-assisted robots in policing....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (124+ words) Little Rock Public Radio $200 million pledged for threatened species recovery A new conservation fund has pledged $200 million to pull 100 threatened animals and plants back from the brink of extinction. Among the largest philanthropic endowments of its kind, the Phoenix Species…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (78+ words) Little Rock Public Radio Meta announces pivot to open-source AI technology In an attempt to catch up to its artificial intelligence rivals, Meta is planning a big pivot to open-source AI technology. The plan puts Meta at odds with rivals…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (347+ words) This is Europe's summer of heat. All 27 cities Italy's health ministry monitors, including Rome, Naples, Venice, and Bologna, are on red alert this week. People have been advised to avoid sunlight, sweet carbonated drinks, coffee and alcohol. Imagine trying to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (569+ words) Updated August 4, 2026 at 4:45 PM CDT LONDON — As Europe endures a relentless heat wave, the Danube's historic lows are disrupting nuclear power operations and revealing the far-reaching impacts of the continent's climate crisis. Hungary came close to a forced shutdown of…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (906+ words) SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The idea came to Danielle Boyer in a toy store. The inspiration? It was Tickle Me Elmo. "Whenever you'd press his belly, he would talk, and he would teach you things," she said. "There are toys…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (86+ words) Little Rock Public Radio Woodpeckers engage their whole bodies to drill wood A new study shows how woodpeckers engage muscles throughout their entire bodies and coordinate their breaths, to drill into wood. In March, Here & Now‘s Scott Tong spoke…...