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In February 2014, SPARK Movement, an organization that fights negative representations of girls in the media, released a report analyzing 4 years’ worth of Google doodles. The whimsical art that greets Google users most mornings often pays tribute to significant figures in world history, yet SPARK noticed just 17.5 percent of those honored between 2010 and 2014 were women. So they built an app called “Women on the Map,” released last month, that sends an alert to users’ phones any time they pass a place where women have made history.

Orlando International Airport officials voted this afternoon to keep federal passenger screeners rather than hire private contractors.Today’s decision comes after two years of looking into whether to privatize screeners. 90.7’s Renata Sago was at this afternoon’s board meeting and joined 90.7's All Things Considered Host Crystal Chavez.

Over the past 25 years, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson watched China turn into the world's second largest economy. He explains what could halt the country's massive growth.

Italy is sending a high-tech espresso machine to the International Space Station. And NASA is worried it might be too popular.

Small towns glow with a strange magic in Stephen Millhauser's new story collection. Reviewer Alan Cheuse praises Millhauser's imaginative talents, comparing him to Gogol and Garcia Marquez.

SpaceX’s attempt to land a spent rocket on a floating barge was close to a success. While the Flacon 9 rocket was carrying unique cargo for the International Space Station, all eyes were on a secondary mission

Ann Packer's latest is about a young Navy doctor who, after the Korean War, builds a house south of San Francisco. Fifty years later, his four adult children argue over the property.

90.7's Renata Sago reports on the latest developments in the nation's first incorporated African-American town whose newly elected mayor has been accused of voter fraud.

Florida Senator Marco Rubio joins fellow Republican Presidential hopefuls Ted Cruz and Rand Paul. But what are Rubio’s chances in a crowded primary field? Does he have what it takes to beat another potential presidential candidate from Florida - his one-time mentor Jeb Bush?

The New York Times columnist wrote The Road to Character after seeing the gratitude for life of people who tutor immigrants. He thought, "I've achieved career success ... but I haven't achieved that."