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Zebra finches who did not sing every day quickly lose their vocal prowess, a new study finds. The results could potentially shed light on vocal rehabilitation for humans, too.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with USA Today track and field reporter Tyler Dragon about Sha'Carri Richardson becoming the fastest woman in the world and her journey to the top spot.

On Wednesday in South Korea, a Google AI program will take on a top-level player in the ancient game of Go. Here's what you need to know.

As the Trump administration talks to Russia about ending the war in Ukraine, one of Ukraine's top religious leaders is trying to rally support in the United States.

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

Given two choices of attractive mates, female frogs pick the top vocalist. But add a third, inferior male to the mix, and females go for No. 2. The "decoy effect" shapes some human choices, too.

The meetings between top U.S. and Chinese officials in Geneva represent the first potential efforts to end a trade war that has frazzled financial markets.

The documents, which are marked top secret, were posted to the Telegram messaging app and first reported by CNN and Axios.

Top Democrat calls operation 'a violation of the law' and promises Senate vote on President Trump's war powers.

This fall, the bluegrass supergroup Sister Sadie became the first all-female band ever to win the top prize at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards.

Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, personal protective equipment, or PPE, has been in short supply. Exam gloves currently top the ever-changing list. What's holding up the supply?

Joshua McFadden wrote about butter boards in his 2017 cookbook, Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables. The concept has taken over TikTok, and he has ideas for how you can up your butter board game.

Reggaeton is a popular style of music. Nicky Jam was one of its first stars, but fame hasn't been easy. (Story first aired on All Things Considered on Jan. 6, 2023.)

It's going to be a nasty post-Labor Day sprint to Election Day, as both parties argue that the soul of America is at stake. For Republicans, it's all about trying to stick the culture war to Biden.

The spring has been full of great TV. Here's what you might have missed.

Maddow's podcast uncovers the widespread anti-Semitic, pro-German sympathies active among major religious and political leaders in the U.S. in the lead-up to U.S. entering WWII.

About 6 million gallons of water was released after a pipe broke at Mosaic's Four Corners phosphate mine.

The former president has ramped up the statements he's putting on his website. And what's the focus of many of the posts? Relitigating his election loss.

Some of Colbert's production staff were detained on Thursday while filming a puppet segment in a congressional building. He said it was a "simple story" that conservative media twisted.

U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.

The Florida Board of Governors, which oversees the state’s universities, voted 10-6 against Ono, who was most recently president of the University of Michigan.

Florida's black bear hunting season is scheduled to begin on Dec. 6.

Federal authorities have arrested a 29-year-old man for setting a fire in January that later turned into the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed more than 6,000 structures.

Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.

Many of them left rural areas to earn their living in the sex trade and send money home to help their families. COVID-19 restrictions have changed all that.