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A technician examines the mirror on the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. Scientists at two national laboratories are currently building the components for an enormous digital camera that will capture images from the telescope.

The Largest Digital Camera In The World Takes Shape

A two-story tall, digital camera is taking shape in California. It will ultimately go on a telescope in Chile where it will survey the sky, looking for things that appear suddenly or change over time.

Scientists predict a star collision in the constellation Cygnus.

Scientists Predict Star Collision Visible To The Naked Eye In 2022

If it happens, it would be the first time such an event was predicted by scientists. They say two stars in the constellation Cygnus will eventually merge and explode.

Tatsuya Takahashi at his home workshop in early 2017, surrounded by a few of his signature machines.

Analog For The People: Synth Master Tatsuya Takahashi On Engineering Fun

NPR Music's year-end interview series continues with an engineer who's led a quiet movement to create music tools anyone can use.

Tony Zimlich, a former military pilot, helps to train and manage a new generation of drone pilots.

From Cockpit To Controller: Former Pilot Finds A New Way To Fly

When former helicopter pilot Tony Zimlich retired from a 20-year military career, he worried about his civilian job prospects. Then he discovered the burgeoning world of commercial drone work.

VIDEO: For LSD, What A Long Strange Trip It's Been

It's been reviled and revered, criminalized and exploited by the CIA. And now and other psychedelic drugs are being tested as legitimate medical treatments. NPR's original animation tells the tale.

The Anti-Defamation League counts 541 incidents of anti-Semitism since the year began. That includes vandalism of Jewish burial grounds, including the Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia in February.

Anti-Semitic Incidents Up 86 Percent Compared With Same Time Last Year

The Anti-Defamation League counts 541 attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions so far in 2017. The advocacy organization says attacks also rose in 2016 by 34 percent.

Louise Erdrich Delivers A Dystopian Feminist Thriller In 'Future Home'

In Erdrich's new novel, fetuses seem to be randomly devolving and a new religious government is rounding up pregnant women, forcing them to give birth in prison-like hospitals.

Physical Therapy May Help For Back Pain, But Time Works Best

Most people don't need scans or surgery, but they do want relief from lower-back pain. Physical therapy isn't a cure, a study finds, but it did help some people regain mobility more quickly.

Yibi Heras (in white) and her children rally with supporters outside San Francisco’s immigration court, calling for the release of her husband from ICE detention in this undated photo.

Oakland Dad Reunites With Family After Lengthy ICE Detention

Yibi Heras stood on the sidewalk outside San Francisco’s immigration court. She had not seen her husband in the seven months since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents had whisked him away to a jail in Richmond.

Flooding in Immokalee, Fla., after Hurricane Irma hit was still present days afterward. Public health officials say that even after waters recede, issues such as mold and mosquitos can remain.

Long After The Hurricanes Have Passed, Hard Work — And Hazards — Remain

During Harvey, Irma and Maria, rising floodwaters and high winds raised alarm. But afterward there are new risks — standing water, mold, mosquitoes, deadly heat. Despair can linger, too.

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