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When I entered my first class as a graduate student, my life changed. What made that day memorable was the beautiful woman who walked in shortly after me.…

A good portion of my librarian career has been in scientific environments -- most recently in STEM education.Over the last decade, science, technology,…

Big questions remain about what this will actually mean on the ground in a country torn apart by five years of war.

So that's one way to improve health care in the developing world. Here are some other bright ideas from people who like to shake up the status quo.

A Facebook board member lambasted a decision by regulators in India, the social network's second-largest market. He thereby sparked new scrutiny of Facebook's intentions in that country.

A former U.S. transportation secretary, the founder of a breast cancer charity and an NPR host are recipients of this year's Order of Lincoln Awards.…

The annual event invites bird-watchers of all levels to count the birds in their backyards, and submit the data to researchers at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society.

Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill met Friday in Havana. It's the first time leaders of the two churches have met since a schism 1,000 years ago divided Christianity.

Governor Bruce Rauner's administration says it will close the youth correctional facility in Kewanee. Juvenile Justice Director Candice Jones says...

This fall, voters in California may get to weigh in on two very different ballot measures on capital punishment — one to ban the death penalty and another to expedite executions. California still sentences convicted murderers to death, but there hasn't been an execution there since 2006. That's when a federal judge suspended capital punishment. On a rare tour of San Quentin State Prison, NPR found death row inmates stuck in high security limbo.