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It was a big week for Microsoft. The company introduced its new operating system — Windows 8 — and stepped into the ever-expanding tablet market. These are major steps for a company that has been perceived as lagging behind Apple and Google in innovation. For more, Weekend Edition host Scott Simon is joined by NPR's Steve Henn.

Beyond the fights and the chases in Ramez Naam's Nexus trilogy, it is an opportunity to consider how technology might move some humans beyond humanity, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

Caregivers have been prosecuted and jailed for harming children by shaking them. Now, some researchers are saying shaken baby syndrome is a more complicated diagnosis than previously thought. Host Michel Martin speaks with Victor Zapana, whose mother was convicted of shaking a baby, and NPR Investigative Correspondent Joe Shapiro.

When migrants from the southern border started getting bused to Washington, D.C., a couple of local chefs stepped up to help feed them.

When migrants from the southern border started getting bused to Washington, D.C., a couple of local chefs stepped up to help feed them.

Ahead of the release of Letter To You, The Boss spoke to Morning Edition about revisiting older material, finding hope in these unusual times and attending to his audience's spiritual needs.

Sedaris talks about his troubled relationship with his dad. Ken Tucker reviews Kendrick Lamar's new album. Journalist Ruth Graham says evangelical pastors are facing pressure from the pews.

The character actor Paul Gleason dies at 67 of a rare form of cancer linked to asbestos. He played the authority figure a generation of teens loved to hate in films such as The Breakfast Club and Johnny Be Good.

Dry Cleaning is a post-punk band with a frontwoman who prefers not to sing. Instead, she intones avant-garde stories spiked with unexpected non-sequiturs.

Sgt. Tim Ngo was 20 years old when he almost died from a head wound in an Iraq grenade attack. Though years of therapy have helped him recover, his relationship with his mother has deteriorated. Now, he's starting a new life in Texas, and the rift with his mother remains.