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Historian Carl R. Byron recalls the highs and lows of the building of the Hoosac Tunnel. When it was complete, it was the longest tunnel in North America.

Early interactions with the Earth may have heated up the Moon and caused it to remelt, producing new lunar rocks and erasing old craters.

Vice President Harris is banking on the support of young voters. But new polling shows potential roadblocks for Harris in replicating the historically high youth support President Biden received in 2020.

Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned.

Gov. Lamont did not commit to a special session, after demonstrators demanded one aimed at strengthening protections for immigrant communities.

NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day.

The World Food Programme, a U.N. agency and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, is facing cuts in its budget that experts are describing as "unprecedented."

Trump's pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS worries pediatricians. In Florida, the childhood vaccination rate is decreasing more rapidly under a Surgeon General who is skeptical of vaccines.

Scientists and investors born outside the U.S. played crucial roles in the development of COVID-19 vaccines — a remarkable vindication for the argument that innovation depends on immigration.

On its last weekday in power, the Biden Administration has chosen the next batch of drugs up for price negotiation in Medicare.