They can be life-saving but radiation from the scans also contributes to cancer risk. The authors of a new study estimate ...

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

When you think of Coachella, you probably picture the festival. But there's much more to know about the place it calls home.

It’s a classic birding bummer — sometimes a rare bird comes to light too late for birders to see it, to the chagrin of those ...

Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back ...

Cases have been rising in Afghanistan and Pakistan — and global health specialists are worried that this year's U.S. foreign ...

Photos, hours of footage and other documents were made public Tuesday after a recent court order that mandated any depictions ...

The court is scheduled to rule whether a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female can be regarded ...

China is retaliating against U.S. tariffs by restricting exports of rare earth minerals. NPR's A Martinez asks rare earth minerals expert Gracelin Baskaran about why they are so vital to U.S. defense.

Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants.

The Trump administration is ending temporary protection status for Afghan citizens living in the U.S. NPR's A Martinez speaks to Shawn VanDiver, president and CEO of the nonprofit AfghanEvac.

The state Division of Marine Fisheries and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have teamed up to launch an innovative ...