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Can technology help cities become more efficient and sustainable? Or does the drive toward a new kind of "technopolis" raise concerns about privacy, equity and cost? Please join the NPR Cities Project for a Twitter conversation about technology and urban innovation.

After a horrific plane crash that killed two and injured many, some folks began blaming the accident on an old stereotype of Asians: that they're bad drivers. But this trope clashes with one of the Internet's favorite stereotypes: that Asians are expert tech-wizard ninjas. We're confused.

You may have noticed that houses are selling a little faster and prices are going up. But not everyone is feeling the benefits. Host Michel Martin speaks with U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Shaun Donovan, about what happened, and what's next in the housing sector.

Stocks surged Thursday after the chief of the Federal Reserve sent signals that the central bank wasn't in a hurry to stop helping the economy. The Standard and Poor's 500 Index closed at a record high.

Homicide rates have dropped among youths, mirroring a decline in crime overall. But almost 5,000 young people were killed in 2010, and researchers say there's no clear evidence on what works best to prevent those deaths.

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have "seen" the deep blue of an alien world, but it's nothing like Earth.

The new film tells the story of Oscar Grant, an unarmed young black man who was fatally shot by an Oakland, Calif., transit police officer in 2009. Stars Michael B. Jordan and Octavia Spencer discuss the film, and how the shooting affected them.

The latest Guardian report on U.S. electronic surveillance says the company granted accesses to email and chat services.

Republican leaders muster the votes to get passage of an abbreviated measure despite opposition from Democrats.

The couple shared a lifetime of collaboration. She died Tuesday, just shy of their 70th wedding anniversary.