Foreign ministers from the world's leading industrialized nations are meeting Monday, with a certain pressure to advance ...

New Zealand is a whale stranding hotspot. It's often not clear why they happen but the island nation's geography is believed ...

A judge will decide Monday whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the ...

The election was free of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere, like the United ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Elizabeth Ann Kahane about her book "Come Join The Parade!!" which documents the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade through the years.

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.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with sports journalist Reem Abulleil, Rafael Nadal's impact on men's tennis and what the sport could look like as top players retire.

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.

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

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

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 ...