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The three-person crew includes China's second female astronaut, being billed as the country's "first teacher in space."

There were fewer people applying for unemployment insurance last week. And in May, consumers spent more — particularly on cars.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that the mere act of isolating a DNA sequence does not make human genes patentable. Mary-Claire King, who helped discover the breast cancer gene at the center of the court dispute, discusses the ruling and its implications for genetics.

Carbon emissions are slowly acidifying ocean waters, forcing marine life to adapt. Oysters and other shellfish, for example, may have a harder time building their shells, according to NOAA's Richard Feely. At Quilcene, Washington's Taylor Shellfish Hatchery, research director Benoit Eudeline says he's already seeing those effects.

The Federal Reserve's economic stimulus has helped keep mortgage rates at record lows in the years since the Great Recession. But rates are ticking upward, leaving some investors worried that the nascent housing recovery will suffer if the Fed unravels its policies too quickly.

Since the early days of Morse code, the Navy and Marines have been using all uppercase letters in official fleet communications.

The Australian researchers found a jungle-covered metropolis that predates the country's famous Angkor Wat complex by some 350 years.

Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: You Know How To Whistleblow, Don't You; It Takes A Hashtag; The Cape CodFather

Our panelists tell three stories about the secret lives of cats.

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Affluent Effluent, Blockhead, Division of Labor.