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What if the devices in your home got involved in raising your kids? The toy giant Mattel planned to market such a device but pulled the project when parents and pediatricians complained.

By day, Saint-Louis native Pape Dieye is a boat captain-turned-tour guide for a fancy hotel that caters to Westerners. By night, he turns down requests to smuggle human beings across the ocean.

Protesters fighting an EPA plan to clean up the Housatonic River gathered near the Woods Pond Dam in Lee, Massachusetts, to call attention to the risks posed by extreme weather events on the contaminated river.

Roxane Gay on the delicious pile of glitter that is 2013's Crazy Rich Asians.

This brightly colored arachnid poses little risk to people, but its flashy colors are slowly showing up in more spots along the Eastern coast.

NHPR's news and podcast teams reflect on the reporting memories they'll remember most from the past year.

Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar sites in Texas and Ecuador.

The people who need help the most after disasters are least able to get it from the federal government. Internal records show that FEMA knows it has a problem.

As if the pandemic weren't enough, people are wondering whether climate change will cause pathogens buried in frozen ground to come back to life as the Arctic warms. How worried should we be?

Why have so many soldiers committed suicide in recent years? The Army is looking beyond post-traumatic stress and asking whether bad commanders and destructive leadership are taking a toll.