A study offers a glimpse of how the brain turns experience into emotion. In mice and humans, puffs of air to the eye caused persistent changes in brain activity, suggesting an emotional response.

When President Trump talks about his foreign policy, he often frames it as a business deal. He says much less about ...

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth signaled that the U.S. will reorient its policy towards "deterring aggression by communist China." ...

Mexico is set to elect its judges by popular vote — a move that critics warn could undermine judicial independence and empower organized crime.

Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who rejected writing in the language of the colonizer, died at 87. NPR's Scott Simon previously spoke to him about his latest novel and waiting for the Nobel Prize.

President Trump addressed U.S. Steel workers and local officials in Pittsburgh, Pa., Friday, trumpeting a deal between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Tamara Lanier who, following a six-year legal battle with Harvard University, won the ownership to images of her enslaved descendants.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to French writer-director Laura Piani about her new movie, a romantic comedy titled "Jane Austen Wrecked My Life." ...

Leading human rights activist, Ruth López, has been arrested in El Salvador. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to her colleague Noah Bullock from the human rights organization Cristosal about the case.

A small team of researchers responsible for keeping clinicians up to date on contraception research has been cut. Doctors say ...

The goal of the changes, which head to the Senate next week, is to save money and send a signal that Republicans are tough on ...

NCDOJ has previously received complaints about pet scammers using fake photos of healthy-looking puppies and kittens online, ...