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A group of scientists is embarking on a bold plan to better understand an extremely understudied part of the rapidly warming Arctic — the central Arctic Ocean.

"We know it's happening. We need change. We demand better," an 11-year-old girl said at a march in Thailand. Protesters are calling for net-zero carbon emissions and other changes.

Day after day, researchers are immersed in the propaganda of ISIS and neo-Nazi factions. But there's almost no discussion of the mental toll of examining the world's most dangerous extremists.

A new study found investors were significantly more likely to bet a company's stock price was going to increase if the company had more women on staff compared with other companies.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jonathan Turley, a constitutional law expert, about a whistleblower complaint from the intelligence community, spurred by Trump's communications with a foreign leader.

NPR's Noel King talks to Zach Stafford, editor-in-chief of The Advocate, who will be among the moderators Friday night for the first public 2020 campaign event to focus exclusively on LGBTQ issues.

"Podunk" is supposed to be bleak and isolated. But there are a few things that people who use the term might not know. For one, it really exists. For another, its history predates the United States.

Two years after the storm hit Puerto Rico, the most visible remnants of it are the thousands of damaged homes still covered in blue tarps. Frustrated neighbors are helping others repair their homes.

The Akron Alliance Fellowship church paid $3,500 for the new unit. The sign outside the church reads: "Whoever stole our AC unit - Keep it. It's hot where you're going."

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party won big in this month's Brandenburg and Saxony state elections. A recent poll shows the AfD more popular than ever throughout Germany.