Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their ...

Scientists have long wondered about how the potato's genetic lineage came to be. Now they know: The plants are a cross ...

Although "dog" is ubiquitous today to describe man's best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from.

This week on Local Motion we explore why some Americans choose to leave the U.S. for life abroad. Five guests share personal ...

The TV prequel to the Alien movies calls back to the best elements of those original films — including questions about ...

Days after the president's call for a "new" census, the top official overseeing the Census Bureau told employees that ...

The National Hurricane Center expects the storm to strengthen over the next several days and says it could become a hurricane ...

Inflation remained elevated last month as President Trump's tariffs continued to make their way into the prices that consumers pay. The average cost of living in July was up 2.7%.

Russia lost a war in Crimea in the 1850s. To pay off war debts, Russia sold Alaska to the U.S. Now presidents Trump and Putin ...

President Trump's executive order extends a reprieve from the threat of rising tariffs between the world's two largest ...

Ford announced that it will retool itsLouisville Assembly plant in Kentucky to focus on electric trucks. Their goal: To bring ...

President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...