Ryan Benk

Australian Prof. Ajay Narendra discusses his team's discovery of the 'ballista spider'

Prof. Ajay Narendra from Macquarie University in Australia tells NPR about his team's discovery of a particularly rare, and high-powered, hunting method of the informally named "ballista spider."

In Yu-Mei Balasingamchow's 'Names Have Been Changed,' a podcast host is on the run

Jacob Fenston, Ayesha Rascoe, Ryan Benk

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Yu-Mei Balasingamchow about her new book, "Names Have Been Changed."

Naim (Joe Bird) and Ryan (Stacy Clausen) in "Leviticus"

Adrian Chiarella's "Leviticus" shows that horror's final boys can find love

Ryan Benk, Ayesha Rascoe

Homophobia lives, and stalks, in Adrian Chiarella's debut feature.

A top pulmonologist reviews advancements in the 'War on Cancer' over the past 50 years

Ryan Benk, Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Robert A. Winn about the progress the United States has made in treating cancer.

A Virginia group wants to stop NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery from moving to Texas

Ryan Benk, David Folkenflik, Jacob Fenston

Two senators from Texas want to move the Space Shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian in Virginia to Houston. NPR's David Folkenflik talks with activist Joe Stief of the group Keep The Shuttle.

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Nurse and PA associations sue the Trump administration over new student loan rules

Ryan Benk, Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks American Academy of Physician Associates President Todd Pickard about a lawsuit seeking more generous caps on student loans for PA and nursing programs.

What immigrant stories in movies teach us about the American dream

Marc Rivers, Adrian Florido, Ryan Benk, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento

On this week's Cineplexity, we explore what movies about immigrants teach us about life in America. What movies get the story right? What do they get wrong? And what stories are left untold?