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Hosts of NPR's science podcast discuss new findings about long-distance fly migration, an unexpected impact of emissions in the Amazon, and fish noises.

Israel launched an airstrike on Iran overnight. Blasts were heard in the capital Tehran around 3am local time. Israel's defense ministry warned it expects missile and drone retaliation.

Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Tom Bowman and Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas about how the Trump administration is addressing Syria's civil war. Hurd says Syria's President Bashar Assad "must go."

The Trump administration has promised an overhaul of the federal tax code. Rachel Martin talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about what we know so far.

After the collapse of a Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, House Republicans say they've made changes to their health care plan. Rachel Martin talks to Republican Rep. Mike Johnson.

Two churches were bombed in Egypt Sunday, killing more than 40 people. To learn about the Coptic Christian community that was targeted, Rachel Martin talks to Sudarsan Raghavan of The Washington Post.

Iommi has gone from heavy metal to a choral composition for the cathedral in his hometown in England. Does that mean he found religion? Iommi said it just seemed like a nice thing to do.

In 2008, the Texas-based franchise Torchy's Tacos registered the phrase "damn good tacos." Torchy's is suing Colorado restaurant "Dam Good Tacos" over the rights to the phrase.

A study finds that women who ate a Mediterranean diet plus four tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil per day had a significantly lower risk of breast cancer compared with women on a low-fat diet.

A Paul Smith's College alumni group didn't want the name to be changed to Joan Weill-Paul Smith's College (Weill made a big donation to the school), so it filed a petition — which the judge denied.