At the Robopalooza festival in the California desert, engineers are stress-testing space robots, which they say could someday build the infrastructure needed to settle the moon and beyond.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with David Sarni, a retired NYPD detective and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, about the hunt for the gunman who killed the UnitedHealthcare CEO.

The Justice Department finds Memphis police regularly violate the civil rights of citizens, engaging in unconstitutional tactics like excessive use of force and discriminating against Black residents.

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are making their case for government efficiency to members of Congress.

Syrians in Aleppo are cautiously optimistic as rebel groups take over Assad-regime held areas of their country.

NPR has rounded up more than 350 of our favorite books this year. Today, we're focusing on biographies and memoirs.

A new study projects just how bad things could get for biodiversity if global warming speeds up. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that under the most extreme warming scenarios, about one in three ...

Backlash against massive solar energy farms drove strong rural turnout in Nevada may have helped flip the presidential vote ...

Scientists have an idea of how bird flu would have to evolve in order to spread more easily among humans: a mutation in one protein on the virus' surface could help it bind better human cells.

The U.S. has been developing a powerful telescope connected to the world's largest digital camera. Once fully operational, the Vera Rubin Observatory will be able to produce a full image of the sky.

The Michigan Court of Appeals says four state universities do not owe students tuition and room-and-board refunds for ...

LONDON — French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to see out his current term until 2027 and name a new government in the ...