Elham Fini, professor of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment at Arizona State University, talks about her work on the health impact of asphalt emissions and a solution that could ...

Ahead of the Season 50 finale of the beloved CBS show, two time "Survivor" player Rob Cesternino talks to NPR's Emily Feng about what gives the reality competition show such lasting power.

The Trump administration is shifting their public approach on immigration as Congressional Republicans push to fund ICE through the end of Trump's term.

Health officials are working to contain a new Ebola outbreak in the DRC of a virus strain with no known vaccine.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the musician Dua Saleh about how they channeled the trauma and grief of their childhood in East Africa into music, for their new album Of Earth & Wires.

Brilliant splashes of green, purple and pink will streak the night sky for many stargazers in North America on Saturday and ...

A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a ...

Protests break out in Cuba over power shortages as the U.S. offers millions of dollars in exchange for political reform.

A replica of the historic USS Niagara — the two-masted warship that helped secure the Great Lakes during the War of 1812 — is back in the water after a costly refit.

In Sri Lanka, the islanders revere elephants. But for farmers, there's rising tension that's leading to more fatal encounters — for both humans and hungry pachyderms.

Elissa Nadworny reports on all things college for NPR, following big stories like unprecedented enrollment declines, college affordability, the student debt crisis and workforce training. During the ...

President Trump's troop withdrawal threat rattles residents of a small Bavarian town reliant on U.S. military personnel and ...