Reporter's notebook: A peek inside the Olympic Village NPR reporter Rachel Treisman, about to explore the Olympic Village. Rachel Treisman/NPR hide caption...

The kids ‘picked last in gym class’ gear up for Super Bowl The Super Bowl is happening in Silicon Valley this Sunday, and the Patriots-Seahawks game at Levi’s Stadium is going to be packed with tech money. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan is expected to be there. Apple’s Tim Cook, too. (He has become a Super Bowl fixture since Apple Music began sponsoring the halftime show several years ago.) Longtime...

Ebo Taylor: Influential highlife and afrobeat musician dies at 90Getty ImagesEbo Taylor, pictured here in 2011, started performing in his teens in the 1950sEbo Taylor, the Ghanaian guitarist, composer and band leader whose work helped define the highlife genre and influenced generations of African musicians, has died at the age of 90, his family has announced.Born Deroy Taylor in the city of...

For $1 million, you can pay Bryan Johnson (or BryanAI?) to teach you how to live longer It’s the middle of February, and the air is dry. There are fine lines emerging on my forehead, maybe because I don’t moisturize enough, but maybe as a harbinger of something greater: each day I grow closer to my own death. Soon, I will be 30. I will never be younger than I am right now....

Thailand counts votes in early election with 3 main parties vying for power Voters look at candidates listed on a display board before entering a voting station for the general election in Bangkok, on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026. Wason...