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Despite improved safety standards over the years, more than 230,000 children under 15 months old were treated in hospital emergency rooms for injuries related to infant walkers from 1990 through 2014.

Across the country, in the past year and a half, at least 250 university professors have been targeted in cyber harassment campaigns because of their research, teaching or social media posts.

From Ben Franklin on, many have noted the distinctive smell asparagus gives urine. But most of us lack the ability to sniff out this malodorous effect, and not everyone may produce it.

Researchers look at countries that have prohibited corporal punishment for kids and their rate of youth violence.

A chemical in common paint removal products is implicated in more than 50 deaths. Even though a federal ban has been delayed, some major retailers are voluntarily taking the products off shelves.

Massachusetts once offered a bounty for gray seals. After conservation efforts, the New England population bounced back, and Google Earth images show more seals than scientists had previously counted.

Family planning researchers point to a number of reasons. The procedure itself is legal in Pakistan — but only in limited circumstances.

The stories that NPR's readers embraced range from news of President Trump's first year in D.C. to warnings about living in an "underslept state" and "What Living On $100,000 A Year Looks Like."

After being caught in a net, narwhals appear to get confused about what to do. Researchers say the whales' befuddlement could provide clues about how they will adapt to a changing Arctic.

The stories that NPR's readers embraced range from news of President Trump's first year in D.C. to warnings about living in an "underslept state" and "What Living On $100,000 A Year Looks Like."