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Many of us turn to music to feel better. But music can also help us physically heal. Studies show music can affect our blood pressure and our heart rate – and even help us manage pain.

In the mid-2000s, Be Your Own Pet's frenetic punk sneered at the trappings of adulthood. The group returns after a 15-year hiatus with Mommy, an album that builds on its oppositional beginnings.

Author Justin Tinsley discusses the life and legacy of the Notorious B.I.G., who was killed in 1997: "You can't talk about the story of hip-hop without mentioning the name Biggie Smalls."

Parasites are the cause of numerous debilitating diseases, so it’s easy to think of them as doing no good. But losing parasites could have devastating consequences for our ecosystem.

Six people were hospitalized earlier this year for listeriosis, three of whom died. Two of those who survived the infection said they had milkshakes from Frugals in Tacoma, Wash., before getting sick.

Distribution of supplies is going well, but the search for victims is going painstakingly slow, given the challenges of finding and identifying remains.

West Virginia University plans to cut its language department and drop all language requirements as it faces a budget deficit. It's the state's largest university.

Search and recovery teams say the work to identify human remains in Lahaina is grueling and complicated by the fact that the fire burned so hot, even just making a positive ID is difficult.

The agency says SpaceX often said in its marketing materials for open jobs they couldn't hire U.S. citizens because of export control laws. But asylees and refugees are protected under those laws.

Starting in the late 90s, organizers in New York and beyond held August benefit concerts that advocated for Black liberation and the release of political prisoners.

The names were released after Hawaii Gov. Josh Green said the FBI was working to "un-duplicate" people who were reported missing.

Prior authorization is a common tool used by health insurers for many tests, procedures and prescriptions. Frustrated by the process some patients and doctors want to elevate their denials for further review.

Two studies show how technology is allowing people to generate speech using only their thoughts.

NPR obtained secret government inspection reports, which described "negligent," "barbaric" and "filthy" conditions inside immigration detention facilities. Here's what to know.

Jon Favreau joins NPR's Scott Simon to talk about how he sees the week's events for the Democrats. He's a former speechwriter for President Obama and now hosts a podcast called Keepin' It 1600.

Families displaced by wildfire get a welcome reprieve as a surf session for kids and families gave them a chance for a normal Saturday.

A see-through squid is giving scientists an unprecedented view of the brain and other organs in a living animal.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir is inviting the public to join their choir — virtually, that is. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro speaks to ad man, Christian Pulfer, about the ambitious Messiah project.

Before her first book, Naomi Novik was a programmer who wrote Napoleonic-era fan fiction on the side. Then she had an idea: "What could make the Napoleonic wars more exciting? Dragons!"

Kazakhstan lost its bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics to Beijing, but a number of Kazakhs see this as an opportunity, not a loss.

The gunman used slurs, had swastikas on his weapon and left behind racist writings.

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.

60 years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech, we hear from one of the men who helped him write it, his friend and attorney Clarence B. Jones.

Someone bid $61 million for an uncut diamond this week. NPR's Scott Simon asks Rachelle Bergstein, author of "Brilliance and Fire: the Biography of Diamonds," what makes a rock worth so much money?

For decades, families would often institutionalize relatives experiencing mental illness.