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Regular watchers of Sesame Street may have noticed that the Muppet character Bert sometimes has certain grumpy tendencies. And consumers of Internet satire have long known about the "Bert is Evil" Web site. Linda Wertheimer explains.

New fossil discoveries have confirmed that the ancestors of whales had ankles and walked on land before making their way into the sea. NPR's Joe Palca reports that two separate teams of scientists -- publishing in both Science and Nature this week -- show that whales belong to the same animal group as sheep and hippos.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports on the images of racial minorities that America displays overseas...through Hollywood films. See images and check out comprehensive NPR News coverage of the U.N. World Conference Against Racism.

It's hard to imagine a New York mayor's race without larger-than-life personalities, but this year's pack of candidates has failed thus far to fire the public imagination. Instead, the contest has been dominated by incumbent Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, who is leaving office because of term limits. He may not be running, but Giuliani's eight years in office are the dominant issue in the campaign. Beth Fertig has our report from member station WNYC in New York.

The people who died in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 have left gaps in the lives of thousands and thousands of other people. We chronicle some of them.

Frank Gasparro, the man who designed the back of the Lincoln penny -- the side that displays the Lincoln Memorial -- died this past weekend at the age of 92. Linda Wertheimer talks with Christina Hansen, daughter of Frank Gasparro, about her father's work.

Lisa talks with economist and Working Assets founder Peter Barnes about his proposal that the citizens of this country open a "Sky Trust," and collect dividends from polluters. He outlines his theory in his new book Who Owns The Sky? Our Common Assets and the Future of Capitalism (Island Press).

Host Noah Adams interviews David Shenk, author of a new book about Alzheimer's disease entitled The Forgetting. Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic.

Lisa Simeone talks with Ishtar, the lead singer of European pop sensation Alabina, about her origins, her inspirations and how she learned to speak five languages.

Commentator Askia Muhammad is a Muslim, and an American. And he does not want any part of Osama bin Laden's call to "holy war," nor any part the U.S. military assault in Afghanistan.