Search results for

Remembering to take one's medications can be tough, especially for the elderly. Now there's a new phone app for that.

We know eating more produce is good for your heart. Now computer models suggest slashing their price by about a third could results in dramatically lower death rates from heart disease and stroke.

As math lovers know, it's Pi Day. And what better way to celebrate than by rolling out the dough? An NPR editor known for her experimental baking shares some of her favorite recipes.

President Dilma Rouseff signed the bill into law to kick off an international conference about the governance of the Internet.

For writers of color, the lack of diversity in book publicity departments can feel like a death knell.

Immigrant workers in the Silicon Valley attend Toastmasters meetings to improve their public speaking. Organizers say those skills often lead to increased confidence at work and even job promotions.

Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon told women to "get cross" if they see gender inequality. The male-female ratio at the Paris Climate Conference makes our writers very "cross."

Hitching a ride at the side of the road used to be a common practice, but now it's rarely heard of. So where have all the hitchhikers gone, and what does hitching looking like in modern day America?

Jaime Rangel was 14 when he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Bike rides helped him get in shape and defeat the illness. Now 26, he's showing other kids from low-income families how to do it.

In 2012, journalist Mark Follman searched for comprehensive data about America's mass shootings and found that very little existed. So he and his colleagues began compiling a database of their own.