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Many plants, including many species of bananas, have more than two sets of chromosomes. This can make the species more resilient to major environmental catastrophe, researchers find.

Some plants have a genetic superpower that may help them survive a cataclysm

Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.

The missing men of the American marriage market

A new study suggests the growing educational and economic divide between men and women is reshaping marriage and family life in America — leaving many women with a shrinking pool of economically stable partners.

UPS Flight 2976 crashed shortly after takeoff near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville, Kentucky.

NTSB hearing will probe cause of fiery UPS jet crash that killed 15 in Louisville

The nation's top safety investigators will launch a two-day hearing beginning Tuesday into what caused a UPS cargo plane to crash shortly after takeoff in Louisville last year, killing 15 people.

Wally and Gerald are two Black men who voted for Trump but have different views on Trump's performance.

These men voted for President Trump. They have very different views of how he's doing

Two Black men from Georgia who voted for President Trump in 2024 have very different views of how the country is doing now, in the first installment of Swing Shift from NPR's Tamara Keith.

Hailey Baptiste of United States plays a forehand against Madison Keys of United States during the Women's Singles Fourth Round match on Day Nine of the 2025 French Open at Roland Garros on June 02, 2025 in Paris, France.

The French Open courts are clay, a tricky surface for some. Here's how the pros do it

In tennis, clay has a reputation for being one of the harder surfaces to play on. But a few pros shared some of their tips for staying sharp.

FILE - The prediction market app Kalshi is displayed on a mobile phone, April 16, 2026, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

Minority Leader Jeffries is urging Speaker Johnson to "swiftly" hold vote on House prediction market ban.

15 books our critics can't wait for this summer

A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here are the fiction and nonfiction our critics are most looking forward to.

Marena Guzman, a Ph.D. candidate in molecular biosciences, recently moved back in with her parents to renew her DACA out of concern it could lapse.

'We're not kids anymore': The DACA generation hits their 30s with an unstable future

Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program are aging, even as the Trump administration moves to weaken the program's protections and benefits.

The HealthCare.gov website is the starting place for anyone who needs to buy health insurance on their own.

Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

Enrollment in Healthcare.gov and the other marketplaces is plunging by 5 million, the new paper from KFF finds. Last year, Congress failed to make a deal to keep the coverage more affordable.

Privacy and civil rights advocates are worried the Trump administration could be persuaded to also lift restrictions placed on NSO Group, an Israeli company that makes the powerful spyware Pegasus that researchers say can turn a phone into a recording device in addition to accessing its contents.

What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don't)

Critics of spyware, which can be used to remotely hack into phones, worry the Trump administration is eroding policies that stigmatized the commercial spyware industry.

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