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Bobby McIlvaine was killed on 9/11 at age 26. The Atlantic writer Jennifer Senior, who knew him, read his diaries. They were the basis for a Pulitzer Prize-winning essay that she's turned into a book.

In 1985, graphic novelist Alison Bechdel came up with criteria for whether she'd watch a movie. It's become known as the Bechdel test, and it's surprisingly hard for films to pass these days.

Victoria Gray's life has been transformed by her treatment for sickle cell disease with the gene-editing technique called CRISPR. She's in London telling her story at a scientific summit.

A new study in PLOS Biology finds that bumblebees can learn to solve puzzles from each other — suggesting that even invertebrate animals may have a capacity for "culture."

Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.

Pakistan's leader sounded the alarm, climate scientists called for more equitable research and the U.N. tried to crack down on greenwashing. Here's what happened at COP27 today.

President Biden has pledged to quadruple the annual U.S. contribution to international climate aid to $11 billion. He has a long, tough road to get there.

NPR's Eric Deggans speaks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) about Ticketmaster and her efforts to regulate the concert ticket industry.

The NPR legal affairs correspondent met the future SCOTUS justice in the early '70s, when Totenberg interviewed Ruth Bader Ginsburg for a story about a decision pertaining to women's rights.

Plans take effect Monday that ban most Russian oil imports from Europe and put a price cap on the oil going elsewhere. But Russia could still make money off oil to fund its war in Ukraine.

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, the chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, wants to kick loose the requirement of algebra for non-STEM majors.

We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

A ban on the Chinese-owned app on federal devices is in a spending bill signed by President Biden. It won't affect most of the app's 100 million U.S. users, but it is an anti-TikTok escalation.

The cause for the spill is still unclear. What's known is the type of oil that was piped: tar sands oil, also called diluted bitumen. It's a lot harder to clean up than conventional oil.

After a year defined by emergence and creative combination, our critics zoom in on their own listening to choose one inescapable album and song each.

Día de los Muertos, honors loved ones who have passed, the holiday resonated in Uvalde, Texas, with a deeper degree of tragedy this year after the community lost 19 children and two teachers last May.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks Chardine Taylor-Stone and Stephanie Phillips of punk rock band Big Joanie about their album, "Back Home," and about the role of joy and resistance in punk music.

Florida's barrier reef has lost 95% of its coral over the last half-century. Researchers, activists and government agencies are working to restore the reefs and ensure their long-term survival.

This year's World Cup has already seen some of the strongest matchups and upsets in the tournament's history.

The banjo-playing, acting and writer extraordinaire decided to tell his story in a new way: collaborating on his illustrated memoir, "Number One Is Walking" with New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss.