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UC San Diego received a record 94,200 applications from prospective students for the fall 2015 quarter, more than 78,000 from would-be freshmen.

The shootings in Paris last week renewed questions about the challenges nations face in identifying terrorist threats and preventing attacks.

Scientists say the Phoebe ring is more than 200 times as big across as Saturn itself. They used a special infrared space telescope to get the best look yet at the massive ring of black dust.

The racial wage gap in the United States -- the gap in salary between whites and blacks with similar levels of education and experience -- is shaped by geography, according to new social science research.

It's no longer a secret that Iceland makes a delicious yogurt-like dairy product called skyr. The trouble is, Iceland's dairy cows don't produce much milk. Farmers are wondering what to do.

When students at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York took over the president's office one month ago to protest the school's decision to charge tuition, they painted the lobby black.

Squash taste best when they achieve the ideal balance of starch and sugar. But how long you should wait depends on whether you're cooking a small delicata or a big, bold butternut.

Also: NPR Books launches a new series called "Book Your Trip"; David Levithan on why it's important for LGBTQ characters to be well represented in YA novels.

The NCTQ study is the second in two years that argues that schools of education are in disarray.

The procedure is rapidly going mainstream, but it's so new that it's impossible to know if these women will exercise their option to have a child. Live birth rates from frozen eggs also remain low.