Marianne McCune

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Alexi Horowitz-Ghazi |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee |Sylvie Douglis

4 hours agoHe was trapped in a 20-foot pit. Then he pulled off the ultimate escape. With no way out, he remembered a physics trick—and it saved him. A viral video from China has people questioning the laws of gravity—and then …NowS&P 500 hits highest level since February after cooling trade tensions, better-than-expected jobs dataNew York CNN — Wall Street this week cautiously rallied, betting President Donald Trump might take a softer tone on his trade war.

4 weeks ago | wrvo.org | Erika Beras |Willa Rubin |Marianne McCune

American universities are where people go to learn and teach. They're also where research and development happens. Over the past eight decades, universities have received billions in federal dollars to help that happen. Those dollars have contributed to innovations like: Drone technology. Inhalable Covid vaccines. Google search code. The Trump administration is cutting or threatening to cut federal funding for research. Federal funding for all kinds of science is at its lowest level in decades.

1 month ago | wrvo.org | Kenny Malone |Keith Romer |Marianne McCune |James Sneed

Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators!From the more practical (like sales for lipstick going up and men's underwear going down) to the absurd and nonsensical (like babysitter buns coming back into style?) — people are posting to social media every little sign they see that a recession is coming. And we LOVE it.

1 month ago | npr.org | Kenny Malone |Keith Romer |Marianne McCune |James Sneed

How economists (and TikTok) know if a recession is coming Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1252663619/1269345350" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Romain Costaseca/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Romain Costaseca/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images Lately we've noticed that something we think about all the time here at Planet Money is having a viral moment: recession indicators! From the more practical (like...

1 month ago | npr.org | Greg Rosalsky |Marianne McCune |Emma Peaslee

Is the reign of the dollar over? Download Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1250191994/1269294139" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> A clerk poses with US dollar banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on May 2, 2024.