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How we view winning and losing may help shape whether we play sports as adults, some psychologists say. In NPR's recent poll, 56 percent of adults who play sports say winning is important to them.

The two men are from Eritrea. They're rising (and climbing) stars. And they're changing the image of the bike in Africa, where it's often looked down on as a poor person's transportation.

While overall autism diagnosis dramatically rose during the past few decades, a 16-year Danish study published last year found female diagnoses are rising at a faster rate.

The Triple Crown winner isn't expected to race at Del Mar with its summer season starting on Thursday.

The federal government today announced new rules for snowmobiles in Yellowstone that will make the country's oldest national park cleaner and quieter.

One Direction is one of many supporters of today's "global day of action," when citizens will make demands of their leaders. The goal: to send a message to the Financing for Development summit.

Hundreds of conservative pastors around the country are so upset about what they see as a moral crisis in government that they are preparing to run for public office themselves.

In a momentous ruling, Florida's Supreme Court scrambled the state's Congressional district maps just over a year before the next election.

Goal-setting closed achievement gaps in a recent experiment. The key element? Students put their thoughts in writing.

Internal audits, never before made public, provide striking evidence of billing mistakes in Medicare Advantage health plans. The Center for Public Integrity filed suit to obtain the records.