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To get so close, the Parker Solar Probe had to withstand the sun's extreme heat and radiation like no spacecraft before it.

Among the latest health hacks to go viral on TikTok is the idea of a short, post-dinner "fart walk" to aid digestion. Turns out, the science on this trend is solid, and so are the health benefits.

Game studios have cranked out surprising hits ranging from cooperative platformers to historical epics. NPR staff and contributors round up the latest from a promising 2025.

Migrating hundreds and hundreds of miles is hard work for the common noctule bat. But this European species makes its marathon journey a little bit easier by paying attention to the weather.

Last week's heat wave was a reminder that climate change is pushing our weather to the extremes.

Illume Speaker Series Knapp Lecture Beyond the Standard Western Diet: Why Fixing Global Food Systems Requires a New Confrontation with Animal Agriculture David Clough, PhD, FHEA | Knapp Chair of Liberal Arts Wednesday, November 20, at 5:30 p.m. Warren Auditorium, Mother Rosalie Hill Hall David Clough, PhD, chairs the Department of Theology and Applied Sciences at the University of Aberdeen and is an internationally leading scholar in Christian theology and ethics, with a particular focus on Christian thinking and practice in relation to the more-than-human world. This lecture will draw on Dr. Clough’s experiences as the principal investigator of an interdisciplinary team that completed a $700,000 four-year UK government-funded project on the Christian ethics of farmed animal welfare, and his assemblage of an even more interdisciplinary team to execute a project on the Christian ethics of food systems with an anticipated budget of $1.9 million. Stream past lectures on YouTube

The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges that the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress and cannot legally be altered without congressional approval.

You are what you eat and T cells are better at killing cancer if acetate is a key nutrient. Scientists at the Salk Institute talk about a discovery that could advance immunotherapy.

This month marks five years since the pandemic began, and here are 5 things that changed permanently.

As part of the Getty Foundation’s PST ART: Art and Science Collide, the Mandeville Art Gallery at UC San Diego presents "Helen and Newton Harrison: California Work," a retrospective exhibition about the work of husband-and-wife team of Helen Mayer and Newton Harrison, who were among the earliest and most notable ecological artists. Founding members of the Visual Arts Department at UC San Diego, Helen and Newton were local San Diego artists for nearly four decades, where they developed their pioneering concepts of Ecological Art.