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This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we dig into the culture and psychology that determines the foods that make us salivate and the scents that make us squirm.

The indescribable New Orleans band fulfills both its vision and creates something beyond its imagination.

In an NPR/Ipsos poll, 65% of teachers said they don't talk about climate change because it's not related to the subjects they teach. Here are some tips that you can use in any classroom.

Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets.

Prosecutors asked a judge to give Butina more prison time, citing the threat they said she posed to national security. Her attorneys said her motives weren't "nefarious" and she is ready to go home.

A spokesman says bodies, including children's, were found in a house where soldiers pursued suspects tied to Islamist militants. The U.S. government urged Americans to reconsider travel to Sri Lanka.

Ethical concerns aside, the genetic ingredients for human traits are so complex that editing a few embryonic genes is unlikely to have much effect — or achieve the fantasy of enhancing humans.

"I'm really happy and excited to see my family and my colleagues," Wa Lone told reporters as he left the prison after more than 500 days. "And I can't wait to go to my newsroom."

The White House has been strong against China in trade talks, but NPR and PBS Frontline found top advisers battled for more than a year over imposing billions of dollars in tariffs on Chinese imports.

"I have no misgivings," said the head of one group. "On election night 2018, I didn't hear anybody go, 'Oh jeez, we won! But gosh, wasn't all that stuff really bad that helped everybody win?' "