Some things are easier to learn when you're a kid, like an instrument or a sport. NPR's Avery Keatley visited a gymnastics class outside of Washington, D.C., to find out why it's important to keep ...

For weeks now, residents in New Jersey and across the Northeast have looked up to the night sky and seen drones, dozens of car-sized drones flying above critical infrastructure like reservoirs and ...

Two important food holidays are meeting up this year. December 25 is both Christmas and also the first night of Hanukkah. (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) DETROW: Well, we did not want to miss the opportunity to ...

But instead of an 82-year-old Harrison Ford reprising his role yet again, if in just voice and motion capture, Bethesda ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener Suzanne Hendrich of Missoula, Montana and puzzle master Will Shortz.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Damien Galano, project manager for European Space Agency's Proba-3 mission, about a new plan to study solar eclipses.

President-elect Donald Trump had two high-profile guests with him at the Army-Navy game yesterday: Pete Hegseth, his Secretary of Defense pick, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Some colleges are advising foreign students who're leaving the U.S. over the holidays to return before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20th.

A Navajo woman who has spent 50 years sewing has now been honored with an NEA award for her unique quilts. She is unafraid to criticize the mainstream culture that's marginalized Indigenous artists.

More milk products come from Tulare County, California than any other county in the U.S. Public health officials there are trying to guard against bird flu infecting humans.

The winner of Venezuela's presidential election this summer was forced into exile. But he's promising to return for the inauguration next month despite threats of arrest.

Ayesha Rascoe talks to Mazen Gharibah of the London School of Economics about internal opposition to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which started long before his ouster this month.