A new study reveals that the sensitivity of teeth, which makes them zing in a dentist's chair or ache after biting into something cold, can be traced back to the exoskeletons of ancient, armored fish.

A series of executive orders aims to promote new kinds of nuclear reactors while restructuring the body in charge of nuclear safety.

In 2020, Jerome Richardson co-founded the Minnesota Teen Activists, a student group in the Twin Cities. We first spoke with him in 2021, just after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found ...

At least 19 Kentuckians died and dozens more were injured after a tornado struck the southeast part of the state last week.

DOGE attempted to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, an influential congressional watchdog agency. It ...

The U.S. has officially accepted a luxury jetliner from Qatar as a gift, and slated it to become a new Air Force One. Experts ...

Nina Badzin, host of a friendship podcast, explains why staying friends with people from our past matters — and how to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday granted the Trump administration's emergency request to fire the heads of two independent agencies. But the decision is technically a temporary one.

The man charged with shooting and killing a couple outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. was once a member of a far-left political group. That is raising concerns about domestic extremism.

NPR'S Michel Martin asks Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey about his city's recovery and resilience after the trauma of George Floyd's death, the protests, and violence.

Michel Martin asks civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump about changes in the legal landscape in the years since a former Minneapolis police officer was convicted of murder in George Floyd's death.

People blame gun violence on different things depending on their political leanings. But Jens Ludwig, an economist at the University of Chicago, has found a different reason behind it. Today, we bring ...