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Host Scott Simon talks to Weekend Edition Math Guy Keith Devlin about a new award being handed out at Stanford University. The winner is the percent sign, which appeared repeatedly in headlines in 2012, from Occupy Wall Street to the presidential campaign.

"For Toast, the cat, who was no help at all," reads the dedication page of researcher Jonathan Saha's book, Colonizing Animals. A picture of the page went viral on Twitter.

The Christmas Eve message informing patients of a terminal lung cancer diagnosis was followed by a second text apologizing for the error and saying the office meant to offer them holiday greetings.

The ruling is the latest twist in a long-running dispute over where dozens of federally-supported former research chimps should live out the remainder of their days.

Following a recipe is easy, but improvising in the kitchen takes confidence — and a well-stocked pantry.

In this week's My Unsung Hero, Sarah Feldman thanks someone for their gift more than 20 years ago.

In this week's "Unsung Hero" installment, a man is asked to rethink his instinct to be sarcastic with his friends.

Designed for terrorists and other prisoners who get 24-hour monitoring, the constitutionality of the secretive prisons has been challenged by two inmates.

Mikhail Sebastian came to the South Pacific island for what should have been a short vacation; he has now been there for a year. U.S. immigration officials say he self-deported.

The author of the fantasy trilogy The Magicians talks about mentorship and Harry Potter. Then, he trades his magical keyboard for an Atari Centipede trackball in a game all about classic video games.