A secretive Space Force plane completed its longest mission yet
Details about the X-37B's 908 days spent orbiting Earth are scant. But with each new mission, we learn a little bit more about it.
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A crash course in organ transplants helps Ukraine's cash-strapped healthcare system
The war has hammered Ukraine's health care budget, leaving some patients without access to care. U.S. hospitals are helping to fill the gap.
It turns out that chimpanzees and gorillas can form lasting friendships
Two decades of research in Nouabalé-Ndoki Park in the Republic of Congo found the primates foraging alongside each other, wrestling, seeking out their pals — and occasionally making threats.
Anxious while awaiting election results? Here are expert tips to help you cope
Kate Sweeny, who studies the psychology of waiting, says it's normal to stress about uncertainty. Her suggestions for coping include changing your mindset, taking action and finding deep distraction.
A piece of the wrecked 1986 Challenger space shuttle was found off Florida's coast
A documentary crew with the History Channel initially made the discovery during a dive looking for World War II-era wreckage.
Here's what happened on Day 5 of the U.N.'s COP27 climate talks
Russia's war in Ukraine also threatens to wreck climate goals, members of Congress arrive, and an actor changes his name to draw attention to global warming
Inaudible, low-frequency bass makes people boogie more on the dancefloor
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with neuroscientist Daniel Cameron, who found that inaudible, low-frequency bass appears to make people boogie nearly 12% more on the dancefloor.
A new climate reality is taking shape as renewables become widespread
New York Times science writer David Wallace-Wells says the cost of solar and wind energy has fallen dramatically. Nevertheless, we're still facing painful, long-lasting changes to the planet.
Investors have trillions to fight climate change. Developing nations get little of it
Private investment is crucial to addressing climate change. But a big barrier to private investment in developing countries is the perception that risks are higher than in industrialized nations.
Why some leaves change color in the Fall
NPR's Short Wave podcast spoke to botanist and plant ecologist, Tanisha Williams, about why some leaves change color in the Fall.