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Without uniformity around who controls digital assets after you die, families have to rely on Internet companies' varying terms of agreements. It can be a maddening lack of certainty in an already difficult time.

Do big league hitters have naturally faster reflexes? Are African-Americans predisposed to be better athletes? In his new book, Sports Illustrated's David Epstein says science now has answers — or at least insights — to all these questions.

The new eyeglass frames allow you to take pictures and browse the Internet while you wear them. Early adopters focused on the tiny screens have already been dubbed "glassholes." Fresh Air linguist Geoff Nunberg reminds us that in Shakespeare's time "distraction" was another word for madness.

Fans of the BBC show "Doctor Who" got the news they've been waiting for last night. The BBC announced that the next person to play the role of the Doctor will be Scottish actor Peter Capaldi.

The House is considering legislation that would require NCAA member colleges to provide more protections for student athletes, including making sure they don't lose their scholarships if they get injured.

The world's first lab-grown hamburger was cooked and eaten in London today. A food critic who tasted the burger said, "It's close to meat, but it's not that juicy."

By cutting deals with Democrats on several key issues, the Arizona Republican is once again a force in the Senate. Defeated presidential candidates rarely enjoy so much influence.

Rarely has a single food gotten such star treatment as the hamburger that made its debut in London on Monday. But the burger — grown from stem cells taken from a cow — represents a technology potentially so disruptive that it has attracted the support of Google co-founder Sergei Brin.

Bezos will pay $250 million in cash for the venerable journalism institution.

The Last of Us is a new survival horror video game. It follows a character named Joel as he fights off hostile humans and zombie-like creatures. The game was inspired by a BBC show on the scary effects of a fungus. (This piece initially aired July 9, 2013, on Morning Edition).