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Loneliness is on the rise in the U.S., particularly among younger people, such as members of Generation Z, born between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s, and millennials, just a little bit older.

Americans Are A Lonely Lot, And Young People Bear The Heaviest Burden

A nationwide survey by health insurer Cigna finds that loneliness is widespread in America. Millennials and people in Generation Z tend to feel lonelier than retirees.

Construction crews place the last section of a new bridge at the San Diego Zoo, March 23, 2017.

New Bridge Connects East, West Areas Of San Diego Zoo

A 450-foot bridge designed to make it easier to cross from one side of the San Diego Zoo to the other is scheduled to open Friday.

Mac Miller performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 1, 2018.

The Best Tiny Desk Concerts Of 2018

Watch 25 of the year's greatest, most surprising Tiny Desk performances, featuring just a sampling of the gifted artists who passed through NPR Music's office this year.

In this undated image, digital readouts of a person's actual face are seen on the left; predictions of their facial features based on their anonymous genome are seen on the right.

These San Diego Scientists Can Predict How You Look Using Only Your Anonymous DNA

Can your personal genetic data be kept truly private? J. Craig Venter and his team of scientists in La Jolla are out with a new study that offers a word of warning.

Before a village court convenes under a grove of rain trees in Port Moresby, magistrates gather in a circle to pray. Linda Tule (right) oversees the neighborhood's village court system. Separately, Tule volunteers as a "human rights defender," counseling victims of domestic abuse, escorting them to shelters and connecting them with government case workers if they need more formal assistance.

For Survivors Of Domestic Abuse In Papua New Guinea, Volunteers Offer Safe Havens

Two out of three women in Papua New Guinea are abused by intimate partners, according to aid groups and the World Health Organization. Volunteers called "human rights defenders" have helped hundreds.

Endophytes are microbes that live inside plants — the ones tagged with a fluorescent dye in this image are found in poplars. The microbes gather nitrogen from the air, turning it into a form plants can use, a process called nitrogen fixation. Researchers are looking at how these microbes could be used to help crops like rice and corn make their own fertilizer.

Microbial Magic Could Help Slash Your Dinner's Carbon Footprint

In one year, fertilizer production in the U.S. emitted as much carbon dioxide as two million cars. What if we could help plants make their own nitrogen so they wouldn't need man-made chemicals?

How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom

A nonprofit called Turnaround for Children helps schools meet the needs of children facing poverty and adversity.

How To Apply The Brain Science Of Resilience To The Classroom

A nonprofit called Turnaround for Children helps schools meet the needs of children facing poverty and adversity.

'Powwow Sweat' Promotes Fitness Through Traditional Dance

Native Americans are 60 percent more likely to be obese than non-Hispanic whites. The Coeur D'Alene Tribe in Idaho is using traditional dance to get fit and lose weight. They call it "Powwow Sweat."

Sweetwater Union High School District spokesman Manuel Rubio shows one of the iPads purchased by the district. In 2012 the district bought almost 8,000 iPads for all seventh graders. May 26, 2017.

iPads For 7th-Graders At Sweetwater School District MIA

Five years after the Sweetwater Union High School District board spent $4.5 million to put iPads in the hands of seventh-graders, nearly all of the Apple tablets are classified as out of inventory, lost or stolen.

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