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When it comes to fighting climate change, shifting electricity production away from fossil fuels is a critical part of the battle. The energy sector is the second-largest source of the heat-trapping pollution that causes global warming. As we close coal-fired plants, and eventually get rid of gas-fired power plants, too, the question is what will replace them.

The legendary Hollywood producer is the only woman to have won two Best Picture Oscars, for Moonlight and 12 Years a Slave. She worked on three big films this year: She Said, Women Talking and Blonde.

Eggs have roughly tripled in price in the last few years. Now a raft of competitors are hoping to lure Americans away from their beloved breakfast food.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson about Lincoln Center's orchestral tribute to the Notorious B.I.G.

More than 1,100 of the newspaper's journalists say they'll strike Thursday over the paper's failure to meet the union's demand for pay raises.

The experimental pop artist's new album is interested in love not as a destination but as an ongoing process, in all of its bravado, vulnerability and experimentation.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Amos Hochstein, who advises President Biden about energy security, about the administration's goal to have the U.S. be a bigger player in making electric car batteries.

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.

Some scientists want to change the old-fashioned way scientific advancements are evaluated and communicated. But they have to overcome the power structure of the traditional journal vetting process.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Samantha Gross of the Brookings Institution about the future of America's oil and gas industry, and its role in a carbon-free economy.

Tax credits for electric car purchases are getting even more complicated. It will likely mean fewer vehicles will qualify — but we don't know which.

Based on one of America's most emblematic pieces of intellectual property, Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie was never going to be just a movie, because Barbie was never just a doll.

The new restaurant runs on star power from the streaming giant's unscripted programs. Dining there feels surreal, as striking writers and actors have brought the movie and TV industry to a standstill.

Journalist Katherine Eban says most of the generic medicine being sold in the U.S. is manufactured overseas — sometimes under questionable quality control standards. Her new book is Bottle of Lies.

Two-humped Bactrian camels were domesticated thousands of years ago to carry goods and people across Asia. Every year, herders come to one Gobi Desert town to celebrate these gentle giants.

OK, fine ... this new chair anthology might not keep you on the edge of your seat, but it does reveal some very interesting ideas about trends in design, culture and social values.

Johansson says she was approached multiple times by OpenAI to be the voice of ChatGPT, and that she declined. Then the company released a voice assistant that sounded uncannily like her.

The Oreo is the best-selling cookie in the world. But it was originally a knock-off of another cookie: the Hydrox. A new podcast investigates.

Apple, Google and Samsung are all working to integrate AI that can generate recipes into their virtual assistants, like Siri. People who work to develop recipes respond.

There are concerns that a new election data system that's being pushed by conservative activists and is fueling many mass challenges of registrations could kick legitimate voters off the rolls.