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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai during a ceremony at the United Nations in New York in April 2017. She called on Myanmar's de facto leader to "stop the violence."

Malala Yousafzai Criticizes Aung San Suu Kyi Over Violence On Myanmar's Rohingya

Education activist Malala Yousafzai criticized Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi for her ongoing silence over the violence that has led to tens of thousands of Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.

Each time a particular finger on a robotic hand is touched, a blindfolded Nathan Copeland "feels" as if his own finger were being touched, thanks to a brain implant. That sort of sensory feedback could help him hold a fragile object without crushing it.

Brain Implant Restores Sense Of Touch To Paralyzed Man

A mind-controlled robotic arm has pressure sensors in each fingertip that send signals directly to a paralyzed man's brain. It's still experimental, but could eventually help thousands, engineers say.

Protesters gesture at a man wearing a Confederate flag before a KKK rally in Charlottesville on Saturday.

Protesters Surround KKK Gathering In Charlottesville

A few dozen Ku Klux Klan members rallied to protest the removal of a Confederate statue in a park in Charlottesville, Va. But about 1,000 people showed up to oppose them.

George Patterson is one of the volunteers who run Phoenix's only syringe exchange program, a mobile program called Shot in the Dark.

Fight The Opioid Epidemic, All Agree. But Strategies Vary Widely

Officials across Arizona agree that the state must solve its growing opioid problem. But some people fear that several strategies under consideration encourage drug use.

Republican presidential candidates arrive Thursday for the final Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucus in Des Moines, Iowa.

The Stream: Get Caught Up On The Iowa GOP Debate

There was still a big elephant not in the room ahead of tonight's Fox News Iowa Republican debate: Donald Trump.

A photograph by photographer Sebastião Salgado of a train station in Bombay, India.

Photographer Sebastião Salgado To Speak In San Diego

Accompanying the Brazilian photographer's lecture is an exhibit of Salgado's work at the San Diego Museum of Art.

With drug prices in the election spotlight, the pharmaceutical industry's main trade group raised its revenue and spending.

In Election Year, Drug Industry Spent Big To Temper Talk About High Drug Prices

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the brand-name drug industry's main trade group, spent liberally to shift the conversation on prices during the last presidential campaign.

In 'Googleplex,' Plato Makes A Bid For Continuing Importance

In her new book, novelist and philosopher, Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, drops Plato into modern situations and imagines what he'd think of this century's existential dilemmas.

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor played Jane Avril, star of the famous Paris Dance Hall, in the 1952 film Moulin Rouge.

Zsa Zsa Gabor, An Icon Of Camp, Glitz And Glam, Dies At 99

The screen siren was probably most responsible for the notion of "famous for being famous." NPR's Neda Ulaby looks back at Gabor's contributions to pop culture and to our ideas about celebrity.

Eat, Don't Drink And Still Be Merry: Staying Sober Through The Holidays

Before she stopped drinking, Sarah Hepola relied on alcohol to get her through the holiday season. "What nobody mentions about all the holiday spirit is how much booze it requires," she says.

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