Gut microbes followed migrating humans across continents, new study suggests
New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists in Bolivia, and asks: Wha...
Greetings from Lahore, Pakistan, whose high court offers an oasis for chatter and chai
The Lahore High Court is a near-perfect specimen of British South Asian colonial architecture and its main square is a pleasant spot shaded by banyan ...
DIY fertilizer is a blessing as farmers face steep prices due to the Iran war
It's hard enough being a small-scale farmer. Then the Iran war drove up fertilizer prices. So farmers are using a traditional Asian recipe to make the...
U.S. moves long-range bombers from U.K. And, Israel allegedly warned before Oct. 7
A possible Iranian threat led the U.S. to remove long-range bombers from a U.K. base. And, Israelis are learning that their prime minister may have be...
A thinly traded prediction market offers a starting point. We explore potential winners and the big ideas that could earn them economics' biggest priz...
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai win Nobel Prize in chemistry
Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai won the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday for their discovery of non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric org...
'Medicare for All' message attracts midterm voters buckling under medical bills
Midterm candidates are talking up Medicare for All, and in a poll 2 out of 3 Americans said they support it. The phrase speaks to a desire for radical...
Carpetbagger allegation, misplaced valor make Nevada's safe red House seat competitive
Northern Nevada has a reliably red congressional seat, represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. A complicated candidate and ...
3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks
On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly wa...
5 things civil rights data says about public schools
The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are st...
Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black ...
Deep in Appalachia, a rail-to-trail project builds bipartisan support for a bridge
The Trump administration has been hostile to federal spending on bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. But there's bipartisan support for a multiuse ...
Here's the latest sticker shock: Borrowing for a mortgage -- or a car
It's not just mortgages being at their highest level in almost three years — but the cost of loans for cars and higher education are among the borrowi...
The investigation continues into whether Iran is linked it an incident at a U.K. air base, thousands join student-led protest in France, former German...
Former CIA official accused of stealing $40M in gold bars pleads guilty
A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge that he abused his position to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hun...
Israelis mourn on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 as Palestinians grapple with war it sparked
Israelis are gathering Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that Palestin...
Actress Eva Marie Saint, who won an Oscar for 'On the Waterfront,' dies at 102
Saint won an Oscar for her portrayal of Edie, a Catholic schoolgirl whose longshoreman brother is murdered. She went on to star in Alfred Hitchcock's ...
Cornell names former acting U.S. attorney general to review rape case
Cornell University names Sally Yates, former acting U.S. attorney general and career federal prosecutor, to lead an independent review into how the sc...
France's police fire tear gas and water cannons as school protests sweep the country
More than a quarter of a million people rallied nationwide to support school students demanding more education funding, according to government figure...
Here are the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards
Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the pri...
Vietnamese police arrest 12 suspected of prowling city streets at night, snatching cats for meat
State media cited investigators who said the network recruited people to ride motorcycles through neighborhoods at night, trapping up to 10 cats a nig...
Ex-spy chief is arrested in Germany on suspicion of trading state secrets and treason
A former head of Germany 's foreign intelligence service was arrested on suspicion that he had passed state secrets to a foreign intelligence service,...
Dems have edge in midterms, poll shows. And, Paramount-Warner Bros. merger to close
Polls are showing that Democrats have a clear advantage heading into the midterms, but that doesn't tell the whole story. And, today, a mega merger be...
A history of presidents naming things after themselves (It's short. They rarely do)
While Trump pushes to get his name on the Kennedy Center and other public sites, history shows that sitting presidents have almost always avoided putt...
What voters in 6 key states could tell us about the 2026 midterms
Morning Edition is heading to Maine, Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, Ohio and Michigan to hear what voters say is shaping their choices ahead of the m...
Francis Halzen wins Nobel Prize in physics for work on high-energy neutrinos from space
The 82-year-old scientist, originally from Belgium, is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His research into capturing neutrinos at t...
Disney, ABC battle Trump's FCC in court over free speech protections
President Trump has repeatedly called for Disney's ABC to fire late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel, for mocking him. Trump has also routinely denounced A...
