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A Crisis With Scant Data: States Move To Count Drug-Dependent Babies
Getting good information is critical to figuring out where resources need to go to treat newborns dependent on opioids. Pennsylvania relies on old and incomplete statistics, but that may be changing.
Scientists Build A Live, No-Frills Cell That Could Have A Big Future
A group of synthetic biologists report they've created an organism with a minimum number of genes required to survive and reproduce.
Scientists Build A Live, No-Frills Cell That Could Have A Big Future
In engineering the cell, researchers paired away nearly all genes that weren't essential to life. It might eventually serve as a basic framework for different sorts of cellular factories, they say.
Lessons From Rubella Suggest Zika's Impact Could Linger
Forty-seven years after a vaccine against rubella was created, the virus still harms about 300 newborns every day, worldwide. Even a cheap vaccine can be a financial burden for poorer countries.
Houston Prepares Now For Zika's Potential Arrival This Summer
When summer brings heat, humidity and mosquitoes, cities along the Gulf Coast may become gateways for Zika into the U.S. Impoverished areas are likely to bear the brunt, health officials say.
LOOK: Map Of Mars' Gravity Illuminates Planet's Interior
The map released by NASA was made by tracking subtle variations in the planet's gravitational pull on orbiting spacecraft.
Studies Suggest Multilingual Exposure Boosts Children's Communication Skills
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Katherine Kinzler, associate professor of psychology and human development at Cornell University, about her research into the social skills developed by children raised in multilingual environments versus monolingual environments.
An Upside To Climate Change? Better French Wine
Global warming has made conditions historically associated with great wines more frequent in Bordeaux and Burgundy, a study finds. But things look less bright for California vineyards.
Could A Boiling River From A Childhood Legend Exist?
As a boy, Andrés Ruzo heard stories of a mythical boiling river. Years later, as a geoscientist, he recounts his journey deep into the Amazon to see if the river actually exists.