Baseball hitters are on a quest for power. But that quest comes at a cost. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas DiLiberti about baseball players suffering hamate injuries.

Some Democrats who were swept into office last November are grappling with the reality of governing. The new leader of ...

Kathy Barnes-Lou cared for her mother for 14 years before her death. She learned that caregiving can bring life's purpose into focus, even as it grinds you down.

We have the latest on the U-S and Israeli war on Iran, where in the past 48 hours, Israel has struck one of Iran's nuclear facilities and Iran has responded with strikes in Israel.

As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, about impacts to human health and the environment.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator for the Financial Times, about how the war on Iran is effecting the global economy.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to University of Texas engineering professor Hugh Daigle about why the U.S. imports most of the oil it consumes despite being one of the world's largest oil exporters.

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have uncovered the oldest known recording of whale song. And it reveals a noisier soundscape of today's oceans.

Travel experts say passengers need to be prepared, and patient, amid the government shutdown. Until a deal is reached, ...

As tensions between Washington and Havana mount, what is life like for Cubans living through a weekslong oil blockade? NPR's ...

In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental ...

Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast ...