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on the origins of Presidential debates as well as their high and low points in history.

Scott speaks with Roald Sagdeev, (ROWLD SAHG-dee-ev) former head of the Soviet Space and Science Institute, about the history of the Soviet space program and the future of Russian space exploration.

As part of the 150th anniversary celebration for the Smithsonian Institution, Dizzy Gillespie's famous "bent" trumpet was played today by jazz musician Joe Wilder at the National Museum of American History. We feature an excerpt of that performance.

Senior news analyst Daniel Schorr says that the re-emergence of Saddam Hussein as a foe of America warrants a review of our history with assassinations--or attempted assassinations--of foreign leaders.

Commentator Daniel Pinkwater has a few reflections on those creatures known as buttons---they date back to ancient history, they eat lint, most are harmless and their nests can sometimes be found in corners of drawers.

NPR's Neal Conan reports on the history of and legal justification for the no-fly zones over Northern and Southern Iraq that seem to be focus of a new test of wills between the US and Iraq.

They're not the remains of the lost city of Atlantis, but scientists believe the discovery of a field giant columns rising from the floor of the Atlantic Ocean will yield new information about the history of our planet. NPR's Joe Palca has a report.

The Powerball Lottery, played in 23 states and the District of Columbia, offers a Christmas night jackpot approaching $300 million -- the fifth largest in history.

NPR's Andrea Seabrook visits the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. to ask visitors for their opinions on human cloning.

NPR's senior news analyst Daniel Schorr talks about the lessons learned from close presidential races with presidential historian Robert Dallek of Boston University and Patrick Maney, head of the history department at the University of South Carolina.