A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire ...

An authoritative artist has many rules for his still life painting. Too bad! Because the mouse, the dragon, the knight, and ...

NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th ...

Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long ...

Did your friends ask you to bring some cranberry sauce to Thanksgiving dinner? Thinking about bringing home dad's famous mac ...

Janet Martin, aka the Mayor of Armitage Brown Line Station, is retiring from the Chicago Transit Authority after a 29-year career marked with kindness.

Hong Kong publisher Jimmy Lai took the stand this week. He faces charges in connection with the 2019 anti-government protests in the region. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his son, Sebastien Lai.

On Arizona's border with Mexico, we look at one of many majority Latino counties that swung dramatically toward Donald Trump this election.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the NWSL championship, Geno Auriemma's record-breaking night and a now-rare event in the NFL: playing in the snow.

President-elect Trump plans to nominate hedge fund manager Scott Bessent to be Treasury Secretary. He's been on of Trump's biggest cheerleaders in the financial world.

The Missouri Family Health Council saw a spike in emergency contraception kits following election day. To keep up, volunteers ...

In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage.