Angus Chen

Commercial space travel is just a few solar orbits away. Do you have everything you need? More importantly, what are you gonna wear? Join us for a special on fashion in outer space.

More Americans are living alone than ever before, probably because it can be bliss. The Takeaway looks at the most satisfying, calming, and freeing things about living alone.

Twelve year old C. J. Pearson is pushing Georgia lawmakers to lower the minimum age to run for a seat in Georgia's House of Representatives.

If you found yourself perpetually without time to browse the web this year, Sean Rameswaram ups his Friday Five today with a year of the internet in review.

Shadi Hamid, author of "Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East," looks back at the foreign policy events that changed the world in 2014 

The start of the new year means that immigrants living illegally in the state of California will be happy to head to the DMV this week to apply for a U.S. issued driver's license.

A New York Times investigation found that better infrastructure and communication between countries could have prevented Ebola deaths in West Africa.  

Rushing to buy some vitamin C or another immune booster? Research says these are expensive placebos that likely do little, if anything at all, to boost your immune system... thankfully!

Americans love and revere our armed service members. But the military makes up less than 1% of the population, and it's become poorly understood by the public and political leaders.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is in hot water after news surfaced that he spoke to a white supremacists 12 years ago. Scalise says he didn't realize who the group was at the time.

Cannabis decriminalization and legalization ballot initiatives had an almost 100% success rate this year. After a euphoric 2014, cannabis reformists are looking ahead to 2015 and beyond.

As states across the country reconsider their marijuana policies, even gourmet chefs are cashing in on edibles.

From ramen to pumpkin spice to smoked paprika, The Sporkful's Dan Pashman reviews the best and worst food trends of 2014. 

A Malaysia-based AirAsia jet was flying from Indonesia to Singapore when it dropped out of contact Sunday, 6:24 AM local time. The jet had 162 people on board and is still missing.

The movie "Selma" opened to grand accolades and raked in the cash on its Christmas Day release. That doesn't mean the movie was perfect. Here's what the film missed.

While European officials often pay millions to ensure the release of their kidnapped citizens, the U.S. refuses to pay ransom -- a policy that may have led to unnecessary deaths. 

The Rosetta mission manager, the captain of the ship, Fred Jansen reflects on the spacecraft's 20 year journey and what it was like to be in its control room this year.

The endless updating. The re-setting and re-tweaking. The incessant worrying. Passwords are terrible nuisance, but they're often born out of a deeply personal place in our lives.