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Tea Party supporters gather at the "Showdown in Searchlight" rally in Searchlight, Nev., on March 27. The management book <em> The Starfish and the Spider</em> is a hit with Tea Partiers, and its co-author Rod Beckstrom says he isn't surprised. He says the book is a guide for people to organize decentralized movements like the Tea Party.

Why The Tea Party Is Like A Starfish, Not A Spider

What do Wikipedia and Craigslist have in common with the Tea Party movement? They succeed by being decentralized, says Rod Beckstrom, co-author of the management book The Starfish and the Spider.

'More Money Than God,' But Morally Bankrupt

Sebastian Mallaby's book is an expert primer on hedge funds — the "Ferraris of finance" — and a detailed portrait of Wall Street's daredevils. Reviewer Susan Jane Gilman says More Money Than God is illuminating ... and infuriating.

Penicillin Comes Of Age In 'A Fierce Radiance'

It's hard to imagine that people used to die from things as small as a scratch on the knee — but that's what life was like before penicillin. Author Lauren Belfer's new novel, A Fierce Radiance, follows the intrigue as pharmaceutical companies race to mass-produce lifesaving drugs during World War II.

Olivia Newton-John arrives for G'Day USA's Los Angeles Black Tie Gala January 27, 2018.

1980s pop goddess Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73

English-Australian singer, songwriter and actress Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73. She was one of the the biggest pop stars in the 1970's and early 1980's.

A worker inspects tomatoes at the West Coast Tomato plant in Palmetto, Fla. The Sunshine State produces one-third of all fresh tomatoes in the U.S.

The Troubled History Of The Supermarket Tomato

Ever wonder why supermarket tomatoes taste like nothing? Food writer Barry Estabrook's new book traces the troubled history of the modern commercial tomato.

You Bug Me. Now Science Explains Why.

In their new book, Annoying: The Science Of What Bugs Us, NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca and Science Friday's Flora Lichtman set out to examine why certain things — and people — drive us bananas.

Soldiers care for the wounded on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele on July 31, 1917. Fought in West Flanders, Belgium, Passchendaele was one of the war's most costly clashes.

WWI: The Battle That Split Europe, And Families

In 1914, thousands of soldiers eagerly boarded trains across Europe to fight in World War I; they thought it would be a quick and easy battle. Five years later, more than 8 million troops were dead and countless families were split apart. Author Adam Hochschild explores those divisions in his book To End All Wars.

Pelosi's Taiwan trip fuel tensions with China and raised security concerns regionally

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Cambodia for a regional meeting of foreign ministers amid the fallout from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

Supporters of Kenya's president-elect William Ruto hold posters of him as they gather while waiting for results of Kenya's general election in Eldoret, Kenya, on Monday.

William Ruto is declared the winner of Kenya's presidential election

The elections had been hailed as step forward for Kenyan democracy, with politicians focused on economic issues rather than tribal mobilization. Across Nairobi, scenes of celebration mixed with anger.

A water crisis on the Colorado River is getting worse

New federal forecasts show the nation's two largest reservoirs on the river are expected to continue their rapid decline — putting the water supply for 40 million people in the southwest in jeopardy.

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