A bumpy snailfish, Andean mouse opossum and ancient sea cow were just some of the many species described in 2025.

People buy batons that read happy New Year 2026 on December 31, 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand. Thousands lined the Chao Phraya ...

“Gilmore Girls” is one of the most-streamed shows in the U.S. Its popularity in the early 2000s cemented its placement in a cultural canon. Best-selling author Joanna Rakoff shares what the show means ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben about their thriller, Gone Before Goodbye.

Historian of history, Alexis McCrossen, takes us through where it comes from and how New Year went from a local celebration ...

In Alaska in 2015, Justine Paul was accused of killing his girlfriend, Eunice Whitman. Paul was kept behind bars for seven years awaiting trial.

Ever since President Trump added his name to the Kennedy Center, artists have been canceling performances, which put a damper on Christmas Eve celebrations last week. Now, Wednesday’s New Year’s Eve ...

Author John Green’s book “ Everything is Tuberculosis ” traces the history of the disease, which, for millennia, was the world’s deadliest infection. Even though effective treatments exist, they’re so ...

Some states are trying to step in and help pay for health care as Affordable Care Act subsidies are set to expire when the ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, childhood vaccination rates continued to decrease during this ...

Angry over a new advertisement for the famous Brazilian sandal brand Havaianas, the right is trying to get consumers to boycott the iconic flip flops. NPR’s Carrie Kahn reports from Rio de Janeiro.

Triumphs included advances in transplanting animal organs into people, but the growing measles crisis in the U.S. indicates ...