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All Things Considered asked listeners to ask our resident astrophysicist big questions, so we can give you short answers. Today we explore magnetic fields and explain why they are so powerful on Earth.

Between three GoFundMe pages, thousands of strangers have opened their wallets for the victims. Still, many in India fear last week's shooting shows the U.S. is now a dangerous place for immigrants.

The proposal allows states to put people with pre-existing conditions into high-risk pools and get rid of minimum health benefits for health insurance plans if they choose.

More than a trillion plastic bags are used annually. They're made of a notoriously resilient kind of plastic called polyethylene – but scientists have found that wax worms are able to break them down.

While congressional Democrats invite immigrants and wear "suffragette white," the White House has chosen its guests with equal calculation.

The creators of the risk assessment score say they want to help primary care physicians better identify patients who need extra counseling and follow-up.

The bipartisan spending bill now goes to President Trump for signature. It keeps the federal government funded through September, when a bigger fight over items including a border wall is expected.

Major League Baseball announced some rule changes to speed up game play. More radical changes could be coming, but it's not yet clear whether these new rules will actually work.

Ferguson, Mo., will have its first mayoral election since 2014, when a white police officer shot and killed an 18-year-old African-American. Some worry a slow pace of change will affect voter turnout.

Attendees to the Fyre Festival in the Bahamas were promised a luxury music festival experience. Instead they found themselves in a vacation nightmare.