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Scott Wallace glimpses a remote Amazon tribe while Catherine Salmon and Katrin Schumann reveal the strengths of middle children, and Julie Salamon reconsiders playwright Wendy Wasserstein.

God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls collects and expands the adventures of a supporting character from the Hernandez brothers' long-running comic book series Love and Rockets. NPR's Glen Weldon says it will confound superhero haters with its marriage of depth and goofy hero tropes.

Yes, there's an "epidemic" of grammar groaners. And sure, the shorthand that spews from social media may be tough to decipher. But a number of experts who study the contemporary tongue argue that we may be writing and talking more vibrantly than ever.

Some 60,000 people have been buried in El Paso's Concordia Cemetery. The Texas graveyard is the final home to gunslingers, Mormon pioneers, Chinese immigrants, Mexican revolutionaries and Civil War veterans. Its desert setting is a venue for a popular Day of the Dead festival and nightly ghost tours.

NPR asked four economists to dream a little. If they could set aside the partisanship in Washington and do one thing to fix what they see as the economy's biggest problem — what would it be? Of course, even the potential solutions have downsides.

South African playwright, actor and director Athol Fugard was a thorn in the apartheid regime's side. Now 80, he calls any suggestion that he would slow down "nonsense."

Sushi: The Global Catch looks at the environmental consequences of the food's growing popularity. Critic Joel Arnold says the film offers a one-sided argument, but does so compellingly. After watching, you might opt to rethink your order.

For many, modern home canning is more of a hobby than a food source. But during the world wars, canned foods were more than just sustenance; they were a symbol pf American patriotism and solidarity.

Every ten years, film magazine Sight & Sound polls hundreds of critics and crowns the best film of all time. On Wednesday, Vertigo ended Citizen Kane's 50-year reign at the top of the list. But can Vertigo fulfill the title's duties like Kane did? What does it take to be the greatest of all time?

Fifty years after Marilyn Monroe's death, the starlet is making more money than ever. She's become a multimillion-dollar brand thanks, in part, to the will she left behind. But most of those profits are going to companies that didn't even exist until after she died.