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Scientists discover what makes basketball shoes squeak on the courts, and celebrate their discovery by making music.

Staff at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium have reared a special kind of fish known as a warty frogfish for the first time in captivity. Their success may hold broader lessons for raising marine species.

The White House has depicted the war in Iran online with videos that weave real life images of missile strikes and destruction with clips from video games, sports clips, and action movies.

The Iran war and high gas prices are weighing down President Trump's approval ratings. Copyright 2026 NPR The biggest portion of Boise State Public Radio's funding comes from readers like you who ...

The third (and final) installment of this Hollywood satire finds C-lister Valerie Cherish (Lisa Kudrow) helming an AI-written show.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with David Harrington, Gabriela Díaz, Ayane Kozasa, and Paul Wiancko about being the Kronos Quartet.

Noreen Vance has cared for her adult sister with Down Syndrome for years. The experience changed her relationships with all her family members.

Yann Martel's new novel tells two tales: one a lost classical epic, the other a personal tragedy told in footnotes. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about his new novel, "Son of Nobody." ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Sina Toossi, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, about the power structure in Iran, and how things have changed within it since the start of the war.

Aura V is the youngest-ever individually named Grammy winner. But the 8-year-old still struggles with division and would appreciate extra time on the playground at recess.

When Maddie Christine Brokop learned she was dying, she invited her friends to help weave the tray she will be buried in.