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The White House has announced that President Bush will travel to Houston for a memorial service for the astronauts of the space shuttle Columbia. Host Steve Inskeep talks with NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea.

Remains have been found from all seven astronauts killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entry Saturday, NASA officials say. Meanwhile, investigators examine debris scattered over eastern Texas and Louisiana. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep, NPR's Richard Harris and NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

NPR's Juan Williams talks with astronomer Tony Beasley, possibly the first person to see the space shuttle Columbia break apart Saturday. Beasley was watching the shuttle from Southern California when he saw Columbia begin to fly apart. He recorded his observations to help NASA officials get a better sense of what happened that morning.

NPR's Joe Palca joins host Bob Edwards to address some of the questions about NASA's handling of safety.

Remains have been found from all seven astronauts killed when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart upon re-entry Saturday, NASA officials say. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and Richard Harris

In a five-part series for Morning Edition, NPR's Eric Weiner and Michael Sullivan examine the spread of terrorism in Southeast Asia. In Part One, Weiner reports from the Philippines -- a Roman Catholic country that seems an unlikely place for an al Qaeda cell, but where investigators believe the militant Islamist group gained its first foothold in the region.

Host Steve Inskeep reflects on another intrepid space explorer, astronomer Galileo Galillei.

Boys are more likely than girls to use Ritalin and other stimulant prescriptions for attention deficit disorder, a new study in Pediatrics finds. NPR's Jackie Northam reports.

The Bush administration prepares to file a friend-of-the-court brief on behalf of three white students who have challenged the University of Michigan's admissions programs. The students allege the university uses a quota system that unfairly benefits minority applicants. Hear NPR's Don Gonyea and U-M Law School Dean Jeffrey Lehman.

It turns out many office thermostats are just for show, but the placebo effect seems to work on fussy cubicle-dwellers.