Democrats and Republicans in Troy, New York, took on a national Catholic health system and kept the county's last birthing center open.

New research at the American Chemical Society meeting showcased a potentially edible cookie made out of — plastic!

The National Park Service confirms at least two people have died.

A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.

An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

Dawn was crowned fattest marmot by popular vote.

The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system.

The federal government recruits top experts to volunteer to advise on pressing research issues of the day. Since President Trump took office, hundreds of these experts have been dismissed.

Scientists collaborated with narwhals for a new study to understand human-caused climate change in the Arctic and rising sea levels around the world.

Researchers have mapped around 100 varied genes associated with profound autism to a smaller set of biological pathways.