Lindsey Feingold

Six of the 50 Azalea Trail Maids gather under oak trees. The dresses come in six different colors, but only the queen of the court wears pink.

The Dress Hasn't Changed, But The Girls Have

Lindsey Feingold

Photographer Adair Rutledge returned to Alabama to learn how the Azalea Trail Maids are redefining what it means to be a symbol of the South — while they wear a 50-pound, custom-made antebellum dress.

NPR Health

Do You Love Lying In Bed? Get Paid By NASA To Do It For Space Research

Sacha Pfeiffer

Researchers are currently looking for candidates who will stay in bed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 60 straight days for a study on how the body adapts to weightlessness.

Keith Miller and Ellen Hughes both have sons with autism. At StoryCorps in February, Ellen tells Keith how grateful she is that he unexpectedly comforted her son during an emergency room visit last year.

A Mother Of A Son With Autism Thanks A Stranger Who Helped: 'Nobody Does What You Do'

Aisha Turner

At StoryCorps, Ellen Hughes tells Keith Miller, who also has a son with autism, how much it meant to her when he comforted her son Walker on a difficult visit to the ER last year.

Wizdom dancers perform at the Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C.

These NBA Dancers Spin, Shimmy And Twerk. And They're All 50 Or Older

Lindsey Feingold

Some things get better with age. Just ask the members of the Wizdom, a dance team for the NBA's Washington Wizards who are all 50 years old or older.

Carolyn DeFord poses with the missing persons poster for her mother, Leona Kinsey, who went missing in October 1999.

'It Surfaces With The Same Rawness': A Daughter Remembers Her Mother's Disappearance

Kelly Moffitt

Carolyn DeFord, a member of the Puyallup tribe, was 26 when her mother suddenly vanished. At StoryCorps, she remembers what life has been like having never learned what happened.

Jack ReVelle and his daughter, Karen, at StoryCorps in Santa Ana, Calif., last month. ReVelle recovered two hydrogen bombs that had accidentally dropped from a U.S. military aircraft in 1961. Many details about what happened were not released until they were declassified in 2013.

8 Days, 2 H-Bombs, And 1 Team That Stopped A Catastrophe

Mia Warren

In 1961, it was Jack ReVelle's job to make sure two hydrogen bombs that had accidentally dropped over North Carolina didn't explode. At StoryCorps, he tells his daughter about recovering the bombs.

Yo-Yo Ma (shown here performing in Washington, D.C., last year) surprised unsuspecting Indians in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday with an impromptu roadside performance.

Yo-Yo Ma Surprises Bystanders In Mumbai With A Mini-Concert

Lindsey Feingold

Yo-Yo Ma, the world's most famous living cellist, performed formally and informally in Mumbai this week, part of a long-term project to play Bach's six suites for cello in 36 places around the world.