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Even on the Internet, 4.3 billion just wasn't enough; 340 undecillion is more like it. That's 340 trillion trillion trillion, the new capacity of available Internet addresses, thanks to IPv6, the next generation protocol that launched this past week. Weekend EditionSunday host Rachel Martin talks with CNET senior writer Stephen Shankland to put it all in perspective.

The New Jersey Devils stayed alive to force a game 6, the Miami Heat won the Eastern Conference finals in Game 7 and a 7-year undefeated record for boxer Manny Pacquiao came to end Saturday. Weekend Edition Sunday host Rachel Martin talks with NPR sports correspondent Mike Pesca about his take on the week in sports.

The scientific method is more than just a process for exploring and understanding the world. It's an internalized way of life for many, including commentator Sheril Kirshenbaum.

The singer-songwriter, whose new album ends a seven-year hiatus, says her career arc is far less calculated than it looks. "I got a lot of problems," she says, "but I'm really good at intuiting what I need to do to be happy with whatever I create."

In a new autobiography, survivalist and television host Bear Grylls charts his journey from recalcitrant schoolboy to a spot in Britain's elite special forces, the SAS, and addresses the controversy surrounding his Discovery Channel show, Man vs. Wild.

The Supreme Court may issue a ruling on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act as early as Monday. Guy Raz talks to NPR Health Policy Correspondent Julie Rovner about what will happen next if the court rules against the law. In Oregon, Rocky King, the state's health insurance exchange director, says the imminent decision keeps him up at night and historian Jeff Shesol explains why there hasn't been a ruling this important since the 1930s.

James Bond stands for action and adventure, but perhaps even more, he's stood for style. A tailor in London is now re-creating some of the dapper suits that Sean Connery made famous in early Bond films. David Mason, the director of Anthony Sinclair, Ltd., discusses the effort.

Do you like theater? Do you like tearful speeches? Musical numbers? Tap-dancing? Neil Patrick Harris? We'll be covering all these things and more as we watch the 2012 Tony Awards.

A gentle, breezy bummer, Rhythm and Repose is the Frames and Swell Season singer's quietest record yet. To put it mildly, it spends more time in repose than it spends enslaved by the rhythm.

A global pop star of the late '80s and '90s returns by collaborating with the Scandinavian free-jazz trio, which took its name from her stepfather. As you might expect, the results are wild, homemade and raw — and somehow, they make a lot of sense.