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In an exclusive report for Morning Edition from NPR's Steve Inskeep, residents of an Afghan village claim American soldiers killed at least 18 people who were actually loyal to the new government -- and that American officials paid the victims' relatives $1,000 in reparations.

In what's being called the most important war crimes trial since Nazis were prosecuted in Nuremberg, Slobodan Milosevic faces charges of genocide and "crimes against humanity" for his part in the wars that tore apart the former Yugoslavia. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports for All Things Considered.

NPR's Kathy Lohr reports from Houston on the opening of the trial of Andrea Yates, the woman accused of drowning her five children in a bathtub last summer. At issue is Yates mental state at the time, as her lawyers argue that her mental illness prevented her from knowing that what she was doing was wrong.

NPR's Vicky Que reports on a new study that finds more women are likely to suffer from osteoporosis then previously thought. The research is published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association, and confirms what many bone specialists have long suspected: that low bone mass in older women is grossly under diagnosed.

At Roosevelt High School in Seattle, teachers are using a new science curriculum called the Inquiry Method to teach biology. It's supposed to inspire curiosity -- sometimes at the expense of memorization of facts. NPR's Robert Smith is spending a whole year following the teachers and students at Roosevelt, and has this report. (6:15)

John Steinbeck's 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath brought widespread attention to the hardships of Dust Bowl farmers struggling to find work in California during the Great Depression. On Morning Edition, Brian Naylor reports on the classic epic's origins as part of NPR's Present at the Creation series.

Half a year has passed since jets hijacked by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field. NPR News reports on Americans' countless steps toward recovery. On Morning Edition, one man's remembrance of the wife he lost in the attack on the Pentagon.

Ancient evidence had pointed to Europe as the birthplace of modern behavior. But now, two pieces of carved ochre suggest that yet again, it all started in Africa. NPR's Chris Joyce reports for All Things Considered.

Beige. Not turquoise. Researchers made a splash earlier this year with the announcement that they had determined the average color of the universe. They've recalculated, and it turns out they were wrong. NPR's Richard Harris reports for All Things Considered.

A new play tells the story of "Blind Tom" Wiggins, the slave whose ability to play any piece of music after hearing it only once amazed audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. Susanna Capelouto reports for Morning Edition.