U.S. says 'substantial progress' made in trade talks with China
The White House is optimistic following two days of trade talks with China in Geneva.
An invasive plant is taking over the Kansas prairie. It may be too late to stop it
In the land of the open prairie, an invasive plant is threatening to transform Kansas' grassland ecosystems into biodiversity wastelands. Researchers are running out of time to find ways to stop it.
A surge in the cost of flood insurance could make housing unaffordable for many
Millions of homeowners with federal flood insurance are seeing their rates spike, in some cases by thousands of dollars. FEMA says the new program better reflects the real risks of climate change.
Facebook is under new scrutiny for it's role in Ethiopia's conflict
A whistleblower says Facebook's algorithms could be stoking tensions and fanning ethnic violence in Ethiopia.
A man couldn't flee Afghanistan. Then an unlikely friend from the past stepped in
20 years ago, Philadelphia high schooler Amir Sidiqi befriended his English teacher, Kevin Haney. That friendship came in handy when Sidiqi and his family were recently stranded in Afghanistan.
Encore: Book expresses still-fresh feelings about a tumultuous year
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with poet Tracy K. Smith about the book she co-edited, There's a Revolution Outside, My Love: Letters from a Crisis, which was published earlier this year.
Raising the price of fossil fuels to reflect the true social cost
Researchers at the International Monetary Fund say trillions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies are making greenhouse-gas-producing fuels cheaper than they should be and making climate change worse.
Breakthrough COVID may not be as threatening as scientists thought
Can a vaccinated person with a breakthrough infection infect others? Conventional wisdom says yes, but new research says it's not all that likely.
A whistleblower spurred new calls for oversight of Facebook. Now what happens?
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nate Persily, director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, about his proposal to allow for more independent oversight of Facebook.
Many Iraqi voters are disillusioned, and the low election turnout makes that clear
As the results of the Iraq election are compiled, its clear that turnout was much lower than expected, with many Iraqis disillusioned about the prospects for political reform.
She was out in front of the fight to legalize abortion, but few know her name
Abortion-rights activist Patricia Maginnis died earlier this year at age 93. She's a lesser-known figure in the movement, but her ideas — which started as fringe — became mainstream.
How a spike in gas prices is giving Putin influence over Europe's energy supply
The price of natural gas in Europe has skyrocketed in recent weeks, and there are predictions of energy shortages across the continent this winter.