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Scott Weidensaul has spent decades studying bird migration. "There is a tremendous solace in watching these natural rhythms play out again and again," he says. Originally broadcast March 29, 2021.

2020 election deniers won key races in the GOP primary. New York Times Magazine journalist Robert Draper says the swing state is a bellwether for the rest of the nation.

Beyoncé won four prizes to become the artist with the most Grammys in history, but the night's biggest prizes went to Harry Styles, Lizzo and Bonnie Raitt.

Duke University recently announced plans to close and re-home its century-old herbarium. But with climate change and a looming biodiversity crisis, scientists say these preserved collections of old plants are more important than ever.

Filmmaker Greg Kwedar and formerly incarcerated actor Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin discuss their new film about the real-life Rehabilitation Through the Arts program founded at Sing Sing prison.

In Lebanon, a reconstructive surgeon who specializes in helping children recover from war wounds meets with a 6-year-old girl who lost her arm to an explosion in Gaza nearly two years ago.

Trying not to be very apocalyptic (but being so), a very big solar storm could disrupt the fabric of society as we know it: The danger exists and is palpable, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Anuk Arudpragasam about his debut novel, The Story Of A Brief Marriage, which takes place over the course of a single day at a displaced persons camp during Sri Lanka's civil war.

Creationists and scientists alike responded in droves to a commentary by Barbara J. King that stated there's no controversy about teaching evolution. The author takes a look at the heat and the light.

Leaking classified information is a crime, but it's also one of the most popular sports in Washington. Candidate Trump encouraged leaks. President Trump calls them a crime.