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Maryland now offers the country's first master's degree in the study of the science and therapeutics of cannabis. Pictured, an employee places a bud into a bottle for a customer at a weed dispensary in Denver, Colo.

You Can Get A Master's In Medical Cannabis In Maryland

The University of Maryland, Baltimore, now has a master's program dedicated to the science and therapeutics of medical weed because of a growing number of students looking for expertise in the field.

U.S. immigration policy has been a boon for the tech industry in Canada.

Canada Wins, U.S. Loses In Global Fight For High-Tech Workers

If there is a global war for tech talent, right now Canada is winning. And U.S. immigration policies are part of the reason.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, speaks during an event about affordable health care in Lancaster, Pa., on June 25.

Republican Groups Backing Biden Get Attention. Their Impact On Voters Is Less Clear

Pollsters and political scientists question how much of an impact — if any — these GOP critics might have on President Trump's fate in November.

A woman speaks on her phone while driving. Both drivers and walkers use cell data 4,000 percent more than they did in 2008, which means they aren't watching the roads.

Why Pedestrian Deaths Are At A 30-Year High

"It's great advice to tell people to use a crosswalk, but that's not very useful if the crosswalk doesn't exist," says Tom Ellington of the Pedestrian Safety Review Board in Macon, Ga.

A census worker goes door to door in January to count some of Alaska's most remote residents in Toksook Bay. Warming temperatures and thawing permafrost are making it harder to get an accurate count for the 2020 census in some Alaska Native villages.

Climate Change Complicates Counting Some Alaska Native Villages For Census

Rising temperatures are speeding up erosion in some Alaska Native villages and making traveling on ice roads more dangerous, threatening the Census Bureau's plans for an accurate count.

This so-called "power figure" from a Songye artist in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo was believed to have supernatural abilities. It's from the mid-to-late 19th century.

The Beauty And The Power Of African Blacksmiths

An exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art highlights the remarkable skills and creativity of iron workers from over 100 ethnic groups across the continent.

NPR is cutting some newsroom jobs as part of a restructuring move that is also adding positions in other areas, NPR's editorial chief announced Tuesday.

NPR Announces Newsroom Job Cuts Amid Restructuring

NPR's newsroom is reducing some jobs as part of a restructuring move that is also adding positions in other areas, NPR's editorial chief announced Tuesday.

'Hacking Darwin' Explores Genetic Engineering — And What It Means To Be Human

The waters of genetic meddling are murky; in a new book, technology futurist Jamie Metzl reviews where we've been in the past as a guideline for where we might be headed.

A yellow-bellied marmot keeps an eye out while it gets a bite to eat. Related to groundhogs, yellow-bellied marmots are getting fatter and bigger because of the longer growing season brought on by climate change.

Spring Is Springing Sooner, Throwing Nature's Rhythms Out Of Whack

A warming climate is knocking nature's rhythms out of sync. High in the Rocky Mountains, scientists have been tracking the impact for decades.

'Hacking Darwin' Explores Genetic Engineering — And What It Means To Be Human

The waters of genetic meddling are murky; in a new book, technology futurist Jamie Metzl reviews where we've been in the past as a guideline for where we might be headed.

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