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A team from the Environmental Protection Agency undertakes the difficult task of cleaning up spilled mercury at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. No one in the school was contaminated, but the building has been closed on and off for more than a week while the cleanup proceeds.

The World Health Organization announces that Vietnam is the first country to contain severe acute respiratory syndrome and says the worst of the SARS outbreak is over in Hong Kong, Canada and Singapore. But in China, officials announce several new cases. SARS has killed more than 300 worldwide. Hear NPR's Rob Gifford and Hong Kong doctor Wan Song.

Researchers argue that radio signals are not the most efficient way of alerting an extraterrestrial intelligence to our existence. The scientists recommend sending, and searching for, an interstellar message in a bottle. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

A world of silence. That's often how those of us who can hear imagine deafness. But that silence contains a multitude of voices, with a shared history and language and a controversial future.

The Environmental Protection Agency has given approval for contaminated waste to continue to be shipped out of East Palestine, Ohio. Over the weekend, shipments were halted after waste was taken to sites in Michigan and Texas.

Will this be enough to stave off fears of this contagion spreading to other big banks of the world?

Parents are fuming after learning that 1.5 million of the popular Thomas the Tank Engine toys are being recalled. The toys, made in China, contain lead paint especially dangerous for children.

Packaging can be a big part of a brand or product's appeal, and there are many examples through history of a product's packaging dramatically changing its fortunes.

Life in solitary means 23 hours a day in a concrete box with almost no contact with the outside world. Guests talk about what it's like serving time in solitary confinement, and trying to re-adjust to life on the outside.

When you wake up with the sniffles — or worse — is it best to tough it out and go to work? Or is showing up contagious unfair to your colleagues? Michael Smith, chief medical editor for Web M.D. talks about when it's best to call in sick.

It's easy — maybe too easy — to click 'Send,' but that little button contains a world of pitfalls. Ever fire off an angry all-caps e-mail? Or use a devious little BCC, to your later chagrin? Authors David Shipley and Will Schwalbe offer a guide to e-mailing in the modern world.

It's been a year of grief and loss for the Uvalde community, but people are also trying to move forward.

The Sampaguita released an album, also called "The Sampaguitas," which contains Filipino folk songs sung in Tagalog, one of the languages of the Philippines.

The Food and Drug Administration says the products could cause partial vision loss or blindness.

The wedge threatens the drinking water supply for several Louisiana communities.

A group of activists and a museum joined forces to preserve around 20 of the hundreds of murals.

Workers in Baltimore continue unraveling and clearing the twisted metal and concrete from the Francis Scott Key Bridge.

The aging systems and outdated infrastructure that help bring us clean water are buckling.

CVS, Kroger, and Rite Aid have all sent patient records to law enforcement without warrants or contacting a lawyer.

Prosecutors now say the former informant, who was charged last week with making up the bribery allegations, had contacts with Russian intelligence officials seeking to undermine the 2024 election.

The fires are not contained at all yet.

Read President Biden's State of the Union speech delivered on Feb. 7, 2023, as prepared for delivery.

Atlantic writer George Packer discusses how tech venture capitalists, who are heavily invested in AI and cryptocurrency, aligned with Trump and influenced policies related to their own investments.

Read an exclusive excerpt of Lionel Shriver's latest, Big Brother. Shriver is no stranger to controversial topics, from school massacres to the American health care system. Big Brother is a comedic take on obesity and its effect on an Iowa family.

With Israel's prime minister pushing for a full occupation of Gaza, some of Israel's exhausted soldiers are pushing back and calling for an end to the war.