More and more kids are taking up bird watching
More and more kids are getting into bird and nature watching, a hobby that's been practiced mostly by older adults.
Health & Safety
What an endocrinologist says about the differences between trans, cisgender athletes
What does scientific research show about differences between transgender and cisgender athletes? NPR asks Bradley Anawalt, endocrinologist and professor of medicine at the University of Washington.
As coal plants close, Colorado towns consider nuclear waste storage
The federal government hopes former coal towns will help the nuclear industry grow, by taking on the decades-long challenge of storing radioactive waste
An atmospheric river is coming to California. It could bring risks of debris flows
The weather phenomena are common for California winters, but they could cause dangerous debris flows or mudslides in recently burned areas.
Why those Valentine's Day chocolates will be even more expensive this year
Another cocoa harvest in West Africa has come up short, leading to the worst deficit in decades. That means higher prices for chocolate makers and for shoppers.
An asteroid could hit Earth in 7 years. Here's how astronomers are tracking it
Over the next several weeks, astronomers will be looking closely at an asteroid called 2024 YR4 that could be as big as a football field as they try to determine how likely it is to strike Earth in 2032.
January wasn't expected to break global temperature records. But it did
The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.
His genes forecast Alzheimer's. His brain had other plans.
Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy at 75.
Trump funding freeze could leave communities on their own as climate threats grow
Without federal support, American communities will struggle to deal with a challenge as pervasive as climate change, market analysts and environmental advocates say.
She wanted to be a mom. So she chose a cancer treatment that gave her a chance
New, less damaging treatments are giving some patients the choice to try to preserve their ability to have children after cancer.