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The Senate is considering legislation to prevent a global helium shortage from worsening in October. That's when the Federal Helium Program is set to terminate.

Dr. Christine Harris co-authored a study that examined whether dogs exhibit jealous behavior, hoping to see if jealousy is an emotion unique to humans. Audie Cornish asks Harris: Does it take complex cognitions to trigger the emotion?

North Carolina's Fraser fir is a popular Christmas tree, but it's under threat from disease and scientists are racing to try to save it.

Hip-hop artists in Senegal have a long history of playing a pivotal role in presidential elections. What was their impact in 2024?

Trump supporters wearing QAnon T-shirts appeared at a Florida rally on Tuesday. NPR's Don Gonyea unpacks the QAnon conspiracy theory with journalist Alex Goldman of the Reply All podcast.

At least 17 people are dead after a shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in the town of Parkland, Fla. The Broward Sherrif's Office says the suspect is in custody.

Scientists are relying more and more on non-scientists to help them gather data. That was the case recently on North Carolina's coast, where volunteers spent a day counting terrapin turtles.

U.S. new car sales have been recovering for six straight weeks. They're still low compared with pre-coronavirus levels, but huge incentives have helped attract buyers despite an economic crisis.

Legalizing cocktails to-go was a key consumer legacy of the pandemic. This year, New York state lawmakers could allow for wine sales in grocery stores. And diners could soon be able to leave New York restaurants with a bottle of their favorite craft liquor.

A San Francisco man has a new spin on surveillance technology. He uses a solar-powered android phone running the song identifier app Shazam to listen and record the music passersby are listening to.