Where Did Human Beings Originate?
Louise Leakey describes her family's long search for early human remains in Africa, and how unlocking that mystery is the key to understanding our past and our future.
Africa
Why Did Humans Migrate Out Of Africa?
Geneticist Spencer Wells tells the story of early humans, and our eventual migration from Africa.
To Prevent The Next Plague, Listen To Boie Jalloh
He's a doctor, an imam and a millennial. His ideas about fighting Ebola in Sierra Leone are part of the reason that, this week, the three countries at the center of the epidemic reported no new cases.
2015 Nobel Peace Prize Announced
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the prize goes to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet. The quartet won for its contributions to the first and most successful Arab Spring movement.
Can't Afford School? Girls Learn To Negotiate The Harvard Way: #15Girls
Madalitso Mulando needed help. She didn't have the money to pay for her 10th-grade tuition. Then she learned the art of negotiation from the gurus at Harvard Business School.
'Travel Agents Of Death' Earn Billions Off Migrants, Organization Says
European navy ships can now stop and search some vessels suspected of being used to smuggle human cargo. William Lacy Swing of the International Organization for Migration talks to Renee Montagne.
Doctors Without Borders Has Mixed Feelings About Award For Ebola Work
Lasker Award recipients include the medical aid group that fought the virus on the front line. Dr. Deane Marchbein shares her thoughts about the honor — and why it makes her a bit uncomfortable.
At What Point Does A Fundraising Ad Go Too Far?
Images of the "starving child" were popular in 1980s campaigns. Critics didn't like the depiction of the developing world as a place of helpless victims. Such ads faded away, but now they're back.
Maybe Trevor Noah Shouldn't Be So Comfortable With An Indoor Toilet
The new Daily Show host joked about moving up from the outdoor toilets of his boyhood to indoor toilets. But outdoor latrines actually have their advantages.
Who Gnu? 2015 Wildebeest Migration Is Live On Video
The herds pound their way over open areas, but many migration watchers prize the sight of a large herd crossing water — and that was the case today.