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Voters sent a mixed message in Tuesday night's races: It's still a terrible year to be an incumbent, but maybe not as horrendous a year for Democrats as they had thought. That's raising the question: Is this 1994 all over again -- or not?

Humans aren't the only brainiacs around — most mammals have large brains for their body size. But how did we get so darn cerebral? Turns out mammalian brain evolution went hand in hand with developing an excellent sense of smell.

Airs Wednesday, May 5, 2010 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV

Birds Of Prey Keep Seagulls Away

Last year, someone was smart enough to invite Max Brooks (author of The Zombie Survival Guide and World War Z ) as the moderator for a panel paying…

A Bush-era memo says training exercises involving U.S. soldiers show that waterboarding, sleep deprivation and other techniques are safe because they don't produce "prolonged mental harm." But several psychologists say you can't compare American soldiers in a training program with individuals who are involuntarily detained.

For the second year in a row, the number of police officers and federal agents who've died on the job has risen sharply. On Tuesday, Attorney General Eric Holder met with more than two dozen police chiefs from across the country to see what the government can do to help.

In 1965, U.S. companies helped start Mexico's manufacturing boom that later paved the way for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). In the first of a multimedia series, we look at the industry that is now responsible for about half of all Mexican exports.

Tucson continues to struggle with the emotional distress caused by the shooting rampage at a local shopping center.

From the death of a Georgian luger at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics to the mechanics of hockey fights, the best sportswriting can inspire a range of human emotion. Jane Leavy, editor of The Best American Sports Writing 2011 anthology, joins NPR's Neal Conan to share some of her favorite sports stories.