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  • A boy examines CSPAN's 2012 presidential race electoral map at the American Presidential Experience exhibit last month in Charlotte, N.C.
    As Race Tightens, The Electoral Map Still Favors Obama
    The outcome of the presidential race will come down to swing states, but Obama begins the race to 270 with the comfort of counting on a greater number of all-but-certain electoral votes than Romney has.
  • The hamster wheel, before she sank.
    'Human Hamster Wheel' Sinks; Here's Video Of How It Used To Work
    It's been a tough week for daredevils. Felix Baumgartner had to postpone his bid to break the speed of sound during a skydive. Chris Todd had to give up his hamster-wheeling walk across the Irish Sea. His machine sank.
  • Too risky to fix?
    How Does Public Data About Heart Attack Treatment Change It?
    The sickest heart attack patients in states that report publicly on quality may get less treatment than those in states that don't. Public reporting is supposed to help patients shop intelligently for health care. But do doctors and hospitals game the quality systems?
  • Industrial engineer Scott Summit made this guitar out of nylon powder.
    You, Too, Can Print Your Own Guitar
    Industrial engineer Scott Summit dreamed of being a rock star. That didn't happen, but he did make an acoustic guitar out of nylon powder.
  • Mass. gov: Drug firm may have misled regulators
    Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick says the specialty pharmacy linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak may have misled regulators and done work beyond the…
  • Lake Placid sliding track to open Friday
    Winter is coming to Lake Placid, three days ahead of schedule. The sliding track at Mt. Van Hoevenberg is expected to open for on-ice training Friday.USA…
  • Penn National Proposes Springfield Casino
    A second major casino company has unveiled plans for a project in downtown Springfield Massachusetts. WAMC’s Paul Tuthill reports. Penn National Gaming is…
  • Op-Ed: Women, Stop Trying To Be Perfect
    In a recent article on The Daily Beast, Barnard College President Debora Spar argued having it all is the standard of success for women. Striving for it, she says, condemns women and their daughters to failure. Spar talks with NPR's Neal Conan about the perfection trap for women.
  • Underground blast rattles downtown Glens Falls
    Authorities say an underground explosion damaged several buildings in Glens Falls… more from WAMC’s Dave LucasFire officials in the city 45 miles north of…
  • More than 90 percent of Kenyans use mobile phones, giving scientists a powerful tool to track how diseases spread.
    How Cellphones Helped Researchers Track Malaria In Kenya
    By tracking nearly 15 million cellphones in Kenya, scientists mapped out how malaria spreads through the Texas-sized country. The findings pinpoint areas where efforts to control malaria would be the most effective. One day, the data may help guide alert systems for phones that remind travelers to use bed nets.
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