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In 1963, civil rights activists wanted to recruit more of the city's young people to the cause. The way to their hearts was often through DJs and music.

Rather than relying on cell towers, phone lines, or fiber optics, Google plans to beam 3G-speed Internet to the world's most inaccessible corners using helium balloons. The experiment is called "Project Loon." Leader Mike Cassidy talks about the project's first step: providing balloon Internet to New Zealand and the 40th parallel south.

Researchers say that they've discovered a new subatomic particle - one that appears to contain four quarks bound together. Physicist Sean M. Carroll describes the significance of the find, and talks about the ongoing effort in physics to explain why the universe is the way it is.

The bill would put family-planning clinics at the bottom of the list for funding. Even those clinics that do not perform abortions but offer referrals expect a major financial blow. Proponents of the measure are clear in their goal: end abortions. But how will it affect other women's health services?

Proposed peace talks with the Taliban seem to be on one minute, then off the next. Controversy erupted last week when the Taliban opened an office in Doha, Qatar, where talks are supposed to begin.

Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin speaks with Michael Semple about the prospects of peace talks with the Taliban.

Rebecca Hall is traveling from Greece to Hong Kong on a container ship, spending more than a month at sea. In Weekend Edition Sunday's travel segment, host Rachel Martin speaks with Hall about her trip.

Millions of us are willing are share intimate details about ourselves online — but we may be inadvertently sharing more than we mean to. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks to NPR's Steve Henn about how parents and kids can protect their privacy online.

The host of KPFK's Global Village brings samba, reggae and more to weekends on All Things Considered.

Once known as the City That Lit the World, New Beford's whale oil powered candles and lamps around the country. Now, the Massachusetts city wants to become an energy capital again, but this time with offshore wind.