A Palestinian from Gaza lost his family in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean last year. He says smugglers rammed his boat and should be prosecuted, but prospects for justice so far seem unlikely.
But the kid has to have a plan. That's the lesson from a study of rural Chinese children whose parents have left the village to work in faraway cities.
The wave of migrants trying to reach the U.S. hasn't stopped, but in a major change, Mexico is rounding them up and sending them home before they reach the U.S. border.
Scientists assume a wave of people from what's now Siberia crossed into North America via Alaska, maybe 23,000 years ago. Genetics support that, but may also suggest another wave from Australasia.
NPR's Frank Langfitt, who has been driving Chinese people around Shanghai to meet a variety of people and better understand the rapidly changing country, takes his experiment to a whole new level.
Birders especially know that Cuba harbors hundreds of rarely seen, little-studied species. As the island nation opens to more U.S. visitors, scientists hope "green Cuba" can survive increased tourism.