The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon ...

He arrives at a time when federal cuts are spreading uncertainty to all corners of public media. But Sáenz said he sees opportunity in the moment.

Dale's husband, Barney, had a serious bicycle accident that caused a brain injury. Those first few months were among the ...

Astronomer Professor Michele Dougherty is the first woman in over 350-year history to be appointed the UK's Astronomer Royal. She'll serve as the official adviser to King Charles III on astronomical ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield, who leads a coalition of 12 states in a lawsuit alleging that Trump administration tariffs are illegal.

At least 51 Texas House Democrats left the state Sunday, to break quorum ahead of a vote on a bill that would dramatically redraw Texas' congressional maps.

President Trump's 39% tariff on goods from Switzerland is among the world's steepest import taxes. For the European nation, the announcement comes at an unwelcome time.

Aquiles Cubillos, the lead prosecutor in Chile's O'Higgins region, said the body of Moises Pavez, the last miner to remain missing, was found at 3:30 p.m. local time by rescue teams. They had drilled ...

More than 150 Ethiopian migrants were on board the boat when it sank in the Gulf of Aden off the southern Yemeni province of ...

A massive volcano has erupted in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula region for the first time in centuries, just days after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake rocked the area. The ...

The series Tested from NPR's Embedded podcast and the C-B-C delved into the history of sex testing and what's considered "fair" in sports.

The iconic American company, U.S. Steel was sold to Nippon Steel in Japan earlier this summer. The terms of the deal give President Trump an outsized say in the future of U.S. Steel.