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A meeting of the table banking group at the home of a member. The photo is from 2019, when No Sex for Fish (and the village) were thriving.

Whatever Happened To ... The Women Who Boldly Declared: 'No Sex For Fish'?

Women in a Kenyan village had a radical idea to stop the practice of trading sex for fish to sell: What if they owned their own boats? They had great success. Then came a series of terrible setbacks.

Root extracts from the African shrub iboga have long been used in traditional healing rituals and more recently as an experimental treatment for depression and to reduce drug cravings in addiction. Scientists now are working on a version of the extract that doesn't cause heart attacks or hallucinations as side effects.

Progress Toward A Safer Psychedelic Drug To Treat Depression And Addiction

A synthetic version of the psychedelic drug ibogaine appears to relieve depression and addiction without producing hallucinations or other dangerous side effects — at least in rodents.

Daniela Draghici in the living room of her apartment in Bucharest. Draghici is an abortion-rights advocate who served as a family planning program manager for a U.S.-funded Romanian nonprofit group from 1992 to 2002.

Activists Say Romania Has Been Quietly Phasing Out Abortion

Doctors are using conscientious objection to turn down patients. Religious anti-abortion clinics are springing up. Advocates say abortion rights are under threat again in Romania.

The Apollon Gallery at the Louvre museum in Paris on Jan. 14, 2020.

Not Heading To Paris This Summer? The Louvre Has Digitized 482,000 Artworks

One of the world's mightiest museums has made much of its vast collection available online. The Louvre steers digital visitors well beyond marquee works like the Mona Lisa to reveal hidden treasures.

Best In Show: Our Favorite College Podcasts

This year's finalists in the Student Podcast Challenge, College Edition, give us a glimpse at life on, and off, campus.

An East Texas bakery initially faced backlash over its Pride Month-themed cookies, but is now selling out of its goods and gaining fans across the country. It's also receiving donations and passing them along to local charities.

A Texas Bakery Got Hate Mail Over Pride Cookies. Then The Community Rallied Behind It

Confections bakery in Lufkin, Texas lost customers after posting a picture of its rainbow-iced Pride Month cookies. It's now being flooded with orders and donations, and paying them forward.

Firefighters battle a brush fire last week in Santa Barbara, Calif. Climate-driven droughts make large, destructive fires more likely around the world. Scientists warn that humans are on track to cause catastrophic global warming this century.

Earth Is Barreling Toward 1.5 Degrees Celsius Of Warming, Scientists Warn

Scientists say humans must keep global temperatures from increasing more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The World Meteorological Organization warns that number is looming.

U.S. Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., are the two most prominent Democrats to support the notion that the Senate needs to pursue bipartisan legislation on virtually every front.

Moderate Democrats Flex Their Power In The Senate, Making Progressives Impatient

Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., are the most prominent moderates to oppose elements of President Biden's agenda, but they are likely not alone.

Photo of Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park set released by Disneyland Resort, April 8, 2021.

Disneyland Avengers Campus Gets June Debut After Long Delay

The new section of the Anaheim park that brings Marvel heroes into the Magic Kingdom had been set to open last July, but was upended by the pandemic closure.

Jury In Chauvin Trial Hears More From Witness About 'Blood Choke'

"The only reason why he's looking at me right now is because I told him it was a 'blood choke,' " witness Donald Williams said of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

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