Ben Orr was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer five months ago, and died at his home in Atlanta. Today, a federal appeals court in Boston is hearing arguments on whether people who live in Puerto Rico should be allowed to vote in US presidential elections. Puerto Ricans are US citizens, but the constitution forbids them from voting if they live in Puerto Rico, a US territory. However, if they pick up stakes and move to the continental United States, they automatically gain the right to cast ballots. We speak to WBUR reporter Jason Beaubien who has been following the story.
Any genius can win a Nobel Prize.
In fact they're so common at the University of Chicago that a local diner offers Nobel Laureates a free cup of coffee. But it takes a genuine, world class thinker who marches to the off beat of a different drummer to merit an Ig Nobel prize. As usual, the ring leader is Marc Abraham's, Editor of The Annals of Improbable Research. Abrahams scours scientific journals for nuggets of nuttiness. Today, we're bringing a band in from the street to our studio.