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China's government is censoring puns and wordplay on-line. NPR's Scott Simon explains why double meanings are a problem for Beijing.

Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed a child to sexualized content.

Scientists are using the Mojave Desert to test robots for the next space age.

Here are answers to some frequently asked questions about election security.

The new nonprofit Broadway Votes is corralling musical theater celebrities to help with the effort both both on stage and online.

Regulators have slowed the pace of Starship launches over environmental concerns, but that may be about to change.

A Hong Kong court has sentenced 45 pro-democracy activists to up to a decade behind bars after it ruled in a landmark legal case that they had broken a national security law implemented by Beijing.

The swift downfall of Bashar al-Assad is reverberating throughout the Middle East. Countries are urgently reassessing how to deal with a nation seeking to rebuild itself after years of civil war.

The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's rejection of some e-cigarettes. High schoolers are at the center of the case.

A new study finds people who take weight-loss drugs also cut back on alcohol consumption. Researchers think the drugs could be a promising new treatment for addiction.