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At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

Scientists expose the X chromosome's complete genetic sequence. New research shows how the X and Y chromosomes evolved from a pair of regular chromosomes 300 million years ago.

Also: Niger lawmakers vote to send troops to Nigeria to fight Boko Haram; U.S. officials confirm more measles cases; and SpaceX will try again to launch an observatory into space.

The 1992 epic film Malcolm X was released on DVD this week, just in time to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the civil rights leader's death. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates talks to director Spike Lee.

Forty years ago, legendary activist Malcolm X was murdered. He was giving a speech Feb. 21, 1965 in the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan when he was gunned down. We hear an excerpt of a speech he gave in 1964 and a commentary from Murad Kalam who says that Malcolm X is missed today by American Muslims, who have no contemporary leader like him.

Malcolm X's diaries, photos, letters and other items -- saved from the auction block last year -- have found a new home at the New York Public Library. The papers of the late civil rights and religious leader "help reconnect the icon with the human being," says Howard Dodson, director of the library's Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Hear an extended version of his interview with NPR's Bob Edwards and see photos of some of the items.

Donald Trump posted again for the first time in three years since being banned from various social media, taking to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter to post his mugshot.

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded rocket plane to complete two trips to the edge of space within a two-week window. The feat makes the craft the apparent winner of a $10-million award known as the X-Prize, designed to encourage space tourism. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.

The Konami code won't save The Daily Show's Ronny Chieng and Michael Kosta as they take on a true/false quiz about video games.

In this week’s news roundup, KTEP News’ Angela Kocherga and Aaron Montes discuss the latest in a new law that would require Texas sheriffs and their offices to sign new agreements with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.