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.

The Alpha Phi sorority and two members of Beta Alpha Omega have been charged after a student was found dead in a river after ...

NEW YORK — Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of "Wheel of Fortune," "Love Connection" and "Scrabble" ...

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

In Legacy of Lies, El Salvador 1981-1984, photojournalist Robert Nickelsberg documents how U.S. foreign policy fueled a ...

The Icelandic pop star Björk's new installation at Centre Pompidou in Paris uses animal sounds to help people understand what ...

On-air challenge: Every answer today is the name of a famous person in which the first two letters of the first name are the ...

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

NPR's Scott Detrow and Tamara Keith have long discussed the merits of brining a Thanksgiving turkey. Chef and cookbook author Sohla El-Waylly joins this year's discussion and offers some tips.

President-elect Trump's major cabinet nominations are in. Now it's up to the Senate to confirm them. Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

Sen. Marco Rubio has spent much of his time focused on Latin America, so odds are if he's confirmed as secretary of state, Latin America will become more of a priority.

Israel has voted to end cooperation with UNRWA, the United Nations agency providing aid to Palestinian refugees. The move threatens key services for hundreds of thousands of refugees in the West Bank.