In a historic vote, lawmakers advanced a bill that would grant the option of assisted dying to those in England and Wales ...

British lawmakers have agreed on plans to make assisted deaths legal in parts of the country, in a historic vote on a highly polarizing proposal.

Archaeologists working in Kenya found the footprints of two distinct human ancestors preserved in the fossilized mud of an ancient lake — walking side by side.

Two years after mass protests, women are still demonstrating against Iran's mandatory hijab law and clerical rule. Iran's government is saying the activists are in need of psychiatric help.

Australian children will be banned from using some of the world's biggest social media sites under strict new laws passed by the country's parliament.

Students and faculty are producing locally-made products as part of the school’s academic programs, with an eye toward ...

A new CDC report finds that more than 85% of U.S. adults 65 and older are not getting enough exercise. All adults should get ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Bon Appetit food editor Rachel Gurjar about creative ways to use up your leftover Thanksgiving ingredients.

The Department of Energy is focusing on aerogels to reduce the severity of lithium battery fires. a lab that creates the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Tom Fletcher, the UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official, about his first-hand look at what's been called "the world's worst humanitarian crisis" in Sudan.

The famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is set to reopen next month for the first time since a devastating fire crippled the ...

Early December is expected to be colder than normal in New England. But the rest of the winter has a good chance of ...