Why America's giant bunker-busting bombs may have failed to reach their target
Reaching Iran's most fortified nuclear enrichment site is a challenge, even for the world's biggest conventional weapons.
Health & Safety
SpaceX launches 4 people into orbit on Axiom Space Ax-4 mission
It's the fourth mission to the International Space Station for Axiom Space. The Houston company works with SpaceX for rides to the station and coordinates with NASA to use the ISS for its astronauts.
NPR's 'Embedded': Why doctors think women can have safe abortions without their help
Doctors have become increasingly supportive of self-managed abortion with pills, an abortion method that's become more common since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
State's first case of measles reported in Guilford, Forsyth visitor
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services recommends that all unvaccinated individuals one year or older get a measles vaccination to protect themselves and those around them.
She hoped key research could help save her eyesight. Then the Trump funding cuts came
Jessica Chaikof says research into gene therapies could someday save her eyesight. But she worries cuts to federal research funding could mean that therapy won't be ready in time.
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz say health insurers will cut red tape on 'prior authorizations'
In recent years, health insurers ramped up the practice of requiring doctors to get their approval before tests and procedures. On Monday, health leaders announced voluntary reforms from insurers.
FDA approves HIV medication Lenacapavir, but it's costly
A newly approved HIV medication provides near-total protection against infection with just two injections a year. It's called Lenacapavir. But the high price of the drug could limit its reach.
North Carolina biologists are out looking for a precious fish
The Southern Appalachian brook trout are ancient. But the fish only like clean streams. Now scientists want to know how the trout is doing a year after floods from Hurricane Helene.
Sea lions return home after toxic algae exposure
After the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the southern California coast, marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected, and releasing the last few back into the wild.
A rusting old luxury ocean liner is set to become divers' dream as artificial reef
Divers are getting excited about the planned sinking of the SS United States. The once glorious luxury ocean liner is slated to become an artificial reef.