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Body Worlds, a new exhibit at the California Science Center in Los Angeles, Calif., is packing in crowds of the curious. The exhibit features human cadavers preserved through a new process called "plastination," then posed in revealing ways.

The a cappella group The Persuasions decided to do an album of Grateful Dead songs. As "The Dead" have been icons of sub-culture since the mid 60's, and have inspired more than one generation of devotees (Deadheads), they knew that covering the harmonies would not suffice. They would have to rediscover AND reinvent the music - both for themselves, and the audience.

Two third-party candidates in Ohio are more concerned about the ballot counting process than the outcome of the election. They say there's no way to check the accuracy of electronic voting. So, in December, they'll ask for a recount. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

The 2000 presidential election revived a long-standing debate over the Electoral College. As the nation braces for the possibility of another disputed election, experts disagree about the merits of the constitutional process behind the vote.

Mount St. Helens continues a slow eruption that has the general public thinking about the drama and disaster of 1980. But geologists believe the volcano cannot create the same kind of damage this time around. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

In the latest Politically Speaking column, Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving sees the lame-duck session of Congress doing as little as possible before adjourning.

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study said.

The city expects to purchase 14 high-risk residential or commercial properties, help create 582 affordable multifamily housing units and provide 70 low-income households with up to $80,000 in down payment assistance.

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model for all gene therapies being developed.

Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has said China is funding climate lawsuits against American oil and gas companies to weaken the U.S. He hasn't provided evidence to support the claim.

The effort is focused on bringing the organization in line with President Trump's cultural directives ahead of the country's 250th anniversary celebrations.

The Smokehouse Creek fire tore through the Texas Panhandle early last year, burning over a million acres in just weeks. In the small town of Canadian, where the devastation was severe, residents say the heartbreak lingers and a full recovery could take years.

The U.S. is the only country allowed to withdraw from the World Health Organization. And Jan. 22 is the day when Trump's pullout announcement is supposed to go into effect.

A federal vaccine advisory panel could make changes to the childhood vaccine schedule when they meet Friday. A look at what was discussed on day one of the meeting of advisers

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CDC Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debra Houry about Friday's expected vote on Hepatitis B vaccination for all newborns.

The county is leasing its Lithia landfill to a company that will turn landfill gas, the natural byproduct of decomposing organic material, into "renewable natural gas."

A Florida bill would allow licensed drivers to use UTVs on two-lane county and city roads with posted speed limits under 55 miles per hour.

Pinellas County commissioners unanimously passed several ordinance amendments related to tree removal, protection and planting.

Opposition parties are slamming the brakes on billions in defense funding as the China escalates military pressure.

The county's new medical director, Dr. Ben Abo, led training and response changes that quadrupled the number of resuscitation successes.

Attorney General James Uthmeier released the opinion on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The committee behind the proposed constititional amendment filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order Secretary of State Cord Byrd and his office to “comply with their statutory obligations.”

Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have spent a week in Paris trying to come up with a new treaty to curb global warming. They've got the rest of this week to finish.

Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas is formally investigating a recent study on global warming. Smith calls the timing of the study's publication "suspicious," but many scientists call his tactics "bullying."