Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

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The Foldscope brings a powerful science tool to schools that can't afford microscopes. Scientists use it too. Its creators ...

An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said.

Representatives of developing countries and climate activists were furious over the outcome, saying $300 billion annually ...

Visitors can hear Björk's immersive, otherworldly soundscape, Nature Manifesto, over the next few weeks as they climb the ...

The U.S., Australia and U.K. have issued warnings for travelers in Vang Vieng after several tourists died in a suspected ...

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins, head of the America First Policy Institute, to oversee the Department ...

Photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg worked as a Time magazine contract photographer for nearly 30 years, specializing in ...

A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I first saw Jimmy O. Yang in a Christmas rom-com. It's my little personal tradition to lock myself in my downstairs guest room and wrap presents while ...

A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach for talks on global security, ...