Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

When the score got out of hand, coach Kim Mulkey started experimenting. She played four guards. Then she played five. She even defied her nature and threw out a zone defense — something she hardly ...

With so much data stored on ephemeral mediums like hard drives and magnetic tape, what will remain of our civilization in the millennia to come? Thanks to an innovation from Microsoft researchers, the ...

Congress is approaching yet another Friday funding deadline. So how can the parties find any common ground before DHS runs out of money? NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Republican Congressman Brian ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., and Tom Suozzi, D-N.Y., about current congressional negotiations regarding funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Top ...

A retrospective cohort study showed that exposure to antibiotics, particularly narrow-spectrum agents, during the first 2 years of life is associated with a dose-dependent increase in the odds of ...

JUBA, February 5- Two new World Bank Group reports released today underscore that South Sudan stands at a critical crossroads, where restoring public finances and taking urgent, climate-smart action ...

Scientists at Rutgers University–Newark have developed a first-of-its-kind RNA-based nanotechnology that assembles itself inside living human cells and can be programmed to stop propagation of harmful ...

We are on the brink of an exciting top-to-bottom structural transformation of our industry, with agentic AI reshaping everything from how media is discovered to how it’s planned, bought and measured.

Dictators rarely appear suddenly or without warning. Rising from war, fear, and instability, authoritarian rulers use manipulation and control to take power step by step. This episode uncovers the ...

With border czar Tom Homan headed to take charge of Homeland Security efforts in Minneapolis and President Trump finding some common ground with Gov. Tim Walz, a rapid reduction in tensions is ...