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Harold McGee talks about how our sense of smell affects taste, why things smell the way they do and the ways different chemicals combine to create surprising (and sometimes distasteful) odors.

The $1.6 billion Novavax contract is one of several Operation Warp Speed agreements issued through a third party, Advanced Technology International, and that hadn't been released.

Attorney General Daniel Cameron, who is Black, made his race central to the story of his political rise. Many Black people criticize his decision not to file charges in Breonna Taylor's death.

On this Independence Day, we look at the state of affairs, from the president's response to the protests for racial justice to the country's spiking coronavirus infections.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Liz Dozier, former high school principal and CEO of Chicago Beyond, about relying less on School Resource Officers and more on counseling programs to improve security.

Duke Energy says it's on track to save $400 million to $450 million this year through cost-cutting related to the coronavirus pandemic. The savings have come without layoffs, by idling plants and reducing travel and outside contractors.

Wealthy countries have a strategy to secure doses of any forthcoming vaccines. And that's creating a problem for lower-income nations.

Voting may be over but ballots are still being counted in Pennsylvania and other key states that could determine who will be President of the United States.

The group had amassed more than 360,000 members who shared false claims about voter fraud before the social network shut it down, citing "worrying calls for violence" from some members.

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep its facilities for any ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania amid reports of ballots left behind or delivered late in some states.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with American multi-instrumentalist and meditation expert Laraaji about laughter meditation, his latest album Sun Piano and the artist he is grateful for: Mia Doi Todd.

China-Canada relations are getting increasingly tense, with both sides hurling insults and threats. The feud ignited after Canada agreed to a U.S. request to extradite a Huawei executive.

Mecklenburg Elections Director Michael Dickerson said the county has received 5,000 mail ballots since Election Day. But that may not be enough to change the presidential or Senate race.

While some details remain, the new season will start on Dec. 22. It will be a 72-game season that will allow for the league's traditional slate of games on Christmas Day.

Efforts by the city of New Orleans to remove four Confederate monuments are moving along — despite some protests and even death threats. The city has taken down two in the middle of the night.

The coronavirus continued its relentless spread throughout the country this week. Here's what you need to know about rises in cases, hospitalizations and deaths.

To boost the supply of Regeneron's antibody therapy for COVID-19, the federal government entered into a $450 million supply contract. Details of the deal show some safeguards are missing.

Americans found comfort in wine, liquor and beer while awaiting the election results, according to an online delivery company. Its Election Day sales were up about 68% compared with recent Tuesdays.

"Disco lights shine out of the darkness," says the pop veteran, who channels lockdown despair into glittery escapism on her 15th album, simply titled Disco.

The government announces a number of restrictions on parts of northern Denmark, the area hit hardest by the infections. Danish officials recently ordered the killing of up to 17 million minks.