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Leonard Leo has been described as a puppet master – pulling strings between rich and powerful conservatives to turn the American judiciary to the right. Who is Leonard Leo and how has he been so effective?

When McDonald's came to the Soviet Union in 1990, it insisted that workers smile. That didn't come easy. But customers grew to like it — and workers did, too. What happens when you change a norm?

Environmental activist Paul Gilding says the world has been growing too fast for too long. And now...the Earth is full. The only solution, he says, is to radically change the way we consume.

Post-recession, journalist Hanna Rosin noticed an economic shift: jobs dominated by men were on the decline, jobs dominated by women were on the rise. But does that data signify meaningful progress?

Companies hire red teams to find and root out the worst of AI by feeding it prompts that show what various chatbots come up with, and then alerting companies so they can add guardrails.

We hear from a Ukrainian museum director and the family of a Russian artist about the importance of art as memory and why it's vital to save art in a time of war.

Social media has been buzzing recently with posts by women who say that after years of trying to get pregnant, they conceived naturally in the months after taking popular diabetes and weight loss drugs.

Last year on April 23, Olympic gold medalist and world-champion American sprinter Tori Bowie was found dead in her Florida home at the age of 32. An autopsy found that the cause of death was complications related to childbirth.

Imagine surrounding yourself with images and sounds, in order to set old ideas in a new context. OK Go's Damian Kulash Jr. describes the process that has inspired the band's hits and viral videos.

Michael Tubbs has been saying "reinvent Stockton" since he was elected. Having grown up in Stockton himself, Tubbs takes a community-oriented approach to creating positive change in the city.

What does a global pandemic mean for our education system? Educator Richard Culatta discusses the ways we can teach for better humans virtually... and the opportunity this moment presents.

Former gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field led her team to victory by creating a supportive environment, instead of a cutthroat one. The impact of that decision, she says, echoes far beyond the gym.

Many students feel unrelenting pressure to be... perfect. Social psychologist Thomas Curran warns that striving for perfectionism isn't just impossible—it's also dangerous to children's health.

From the 1960s through the 1980s in Chile, about 20,000 babies were stolen from their mothers and placed in adoptions outside the country. The mothers were young and poor. Some were indigenous. They were lied to, often being told their babies died at birth.

Minnesota children's otolaryngologist Asitha Jayawardena loved parenting his young daughters but was having trouble finding ways to connect with his older girl, whose interests were so different than his own.

The small studies and thousands of patients who have been treated with it say a single well-supervised dose is enough to end dependency on drugs like crack cocaine and opioids.

Joshua Hartfield and Brett McAlpin along with four other former officers who called themselves the 'Goon Squad' subjected Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker to physical and sexual abuse. All officers pleaded guilty on numerous counts.

The new bill rolls back part of Measure 110, a ballot measure passed by voters in 2020 that de-criminalized drug possession to keep people out of jail and steer them toward treatment.

Humorist, writer, social commentator, and observer of the human condition David Sedaris is known for his sharp wit, cynicism and knack for telling a story.

Dakota Adams says he’s still working to shake a childhood he’s described as abusive, paranoid, isolated and fueled with conspiracy theories.

The Lyrid shower is caused by Earth passing through the orbit of a comet known as Thatcher. The best time to watch should be in the early hours of Monday morning, just before dawn.

Now teaching at Boston University, Donovan alleges she was fired from her staff position at Harvard after Facebook executives objected to a Zoom presentation for donors in which she discussed the Facebook papers, which outline how Meta knowingly allowed used algorithms that spread and magnified disinformation.

The Grateful Dead broke up when Jerry Garcia died almost 30 years ago, but the music never stopped. By some measures, the Dead are more popular than ever.

Chip Kidd doesn't judge a book by its cover — he creates covers that embody the books. Kidd's book covers are visual haikus that instantly convey the heart of the story inside. In his TEDTalk, he shows the art and deep thought of his cover designs.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many colleges dropped their SAT requirements as many kids could not attend the exams. Now, four years after the start of the pandemic, many colleges have decided to not reintroduce standardized tests as part of the application process.