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More College Presidents Join The Millionaires' Club

Sixty-six university presidents took home more than $1 million in 2015, according to a new analysis by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

An employee walks along a path at the Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. Synergy Park campus in Hyderabad, India, in 2016. Some in-house PG&E employees will be replaced by workers from TCS.

Using H-1B Visas To Help Outsource IT Work Draws Criticism, Scrutiny

A number of companies and universities are cutting IT jobs and shipping them off to India. The practice has drawn scrutiny amid the debate over how H1-B visas for high-skilled workers are used.

An illustration of a fetal lamb inside the "artificial womb" device, which mimics the conditions inside a pregnant animal.

Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies

The device kept fetal lambs alive for about a month, allowing them to continue to mature. It has not been tested in humans, and some say the device raises ethical questions.

A nonprofit group is testing this drone to see how fast it could get medications from a town to a remote village in Peru that's six hours away by boat.

A $40,000 Drone Failed To Lift Off. But There Was A Silver Lining

A drone test in a remote Amazonian village in Peru failed. And that, says one of the testers, was the best possible outcome.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are reviewing all sex assault cases from last year that were dismissed as "unfounded," or baseless, as well as some older cases. A newspaper investigation found that 1 in 5 sexual assault complaints in Canada over a five-year period were designated as "unfounded."

Canadian Police Revisiting More Than 10,000 Dismissed Sexual Assault Cases

An investigation by The Globe and Mail found that a fifth of reported rapes and assaults were dismissed as "unfounded," meaning baseless. Now police across the country are reviewing old cases.

The improv theater class at Indiana State University's psychology clinic. Rachel Magin (standing) created the class to help children with autism learn social skills and practice reading others' emotions.

Using Improv To Help Kids With Autism Show And Read Emotion

Communicating and interacting socially can be hard for some children with autism. Researchers are looking at how improv classes may help these kids do better day to day.

In this scene from Saturday, water is seen flowing over the auxiliary spillway at Oroville Dam, after the lake level exceeded 901 feet above sea level. The water carved a path to the Feather River, in the distance.

Signs Of Hope At Oroville Dam, After Overflow Sparked Large Evacuation Sunday

Lake Oroville's water level has finally dropped below its record high, after residents scrambled to comply with an evacuation order Sunday.

This illustration show's NASA's Juno mission approaching Jupiter. Juno used distant stars to chart its course across the void.

'Star Trackers' Help Juno Find Its Way

Space navigation is tricky. There's no up or down, no left or right, and no road signs. This device uses stars to help determine if a spacecraft is off course. It takes nifty pictures, too.

Fane Lozman will make his second appearance before the Supreme Court. This time he has sued the city of Riviera Beach for his arrest at a City Council meeting where he refused to stop talking about government corruption.

The Curious Case Of A Florida Man Who Called Politicians Corrupt, Got Thrown In Jail

Fane Lozman's second trip to the U.S. Supreme Court could have far-reaching implications for freedom of speech.

The Colorado River wraps around Horseshoe Bend in the in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Page, Ariz. on Feb. 11.

Instagram Crowds May Be Ruining Nature

When a particularly scenic shot gains traction on Instagram, visitors flood in. Travel photographer Brent Knepper tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro that can lead to permanent changes in the landscape.

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