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A scientist monitoring Martian weather for the Opportunity rover team noticed an inconspicuous dark patch that turned out to be a new impact crater half the size of a football field.

If The Angriest Man In Brooklynactually kept Williams in his dark and angry persona, it would be one thing. But regrettably, it takes him in the direction of his less interesting, uplifting side.

There has long been tension between Beijing and the Uighur ethnic minority in China. Robert Siegel speaks with Georgetown professor James Millward about the region's troubled history.

Robert Siegel and Audie Cornish read letters from listeners about NPR's special series, Guilty and Charged.

Last-minute lobbying by the Obama administration overcame opposition to the nomination of David Barron, author of a controversial legal memo regarding drone policy.

Tom Steyer, a California investor, is aiming to label Republican candidates as "science deniers" who are on the wrong side of the climate change issue.

Fifty senators signed a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell pushing for a name change for Washington's professional football team, a sign the issue isn't going away.

Diabetes increases a person's risk of cardiovascular disease, but for women that risk is 40 percent higher, a study finds. Just why that's happening is a mystery.

Bill Haslam signed into law a measure that allows the state to opt for the electric chair if lethal injection drugs are unavailable.

A herd of carved wild horses has been looking for a home on Cape Cod. Brigitta Greene tells a story, years in the making, of Lance Shinkle's unusual…