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The new hi-tech industry is changing the much revered music scene in Austin, Texas. NPR's John Burnett reports.

50 years ago this month a rag tag team of soccer enthusiasts from the United States went to Brazil to participate in the World Cup Soccer Tournament. They played a very strong, very self-assured English team and won. Scott speaks about this game with Peter Chapman, reporter for the Financial Times of London and author of the new book The Goalkeeper's History of Britain. (Fourth Estate Press, UK)

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is David Slesnick from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WDUQ.)

Ever wonder why ants manage to get to your food so quickly at a picnic? NPR science reporter John Nielsen has the answer, and more from the world of science.

The National Story Project with Paul Auster is entering its last few months. If you're planning to send us a story, the time is now! Send entries to nationalstoryproject@npr.org; or PMB 206, 123 Seventh Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11215

Liane talks with NPR's Mike Shuster about the future of the US national missile defense system, in the aftermath of Friday night's test failure. Shuster says the latest failure may delay, but not ultimately derail, the deployment of the system.

NPR's David Kestenbaum reports on the efforts of scientists who are working to break the genetic code. Biologists spend countless hours trying to puzzle out a gene's exact location. It isn't glamorous work, but it is paying off.

Weekend Edition essayist Andy Borowitz has his own personal (and humorous) take on the potential social benefits from the Human Genome map.

NPR's Jeffrey Dvorkin recently attended a reunion of his Canadian summer camp group from 1961, and reports on what a difference 39 years makes.

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports that a fourth police officer has been charged with misconduct in the ongoing probe of corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department. New charges have also been filed against two of three officers already facing trial.