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A new study finds that chimpanzee babies learn vocal and visual communication patterns from their mothers. The findings may shed light on the way human babies learn from those close to them.

In the 1978 children's classic, it rains soup, it snows mashed potatoes, and hotdogs blow in from the northeast. Judi and Ron Barrett look back on their delectable tale of the town of Chewandswallow.

Composer, conductor and MacArthur "genius" Mathew Aucoin just debuted his opera, 'Eurydice,' at the Met. The new work reinterprets an ancient, archetypal myth from the perspective of its namesake.

Two weeks ago, Iman al-Obeidi burst into a Tripoli hotel and told journalists that she had been gang-raped by members of forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Now, Obeidi tells her story to NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and another reporter, the first journalists to independently speak with her in person.

The national monument, at sites in Illinois and Mississippi, will help protect places that tell Till's story, as well as reflect the activism of his mother.

More than 200 boxers are headed to Toledo next week for USA Boxing’s inaugural women’s championship.

Thomas Jefferson loved macaroni and cheese so much he brought it home to Virginia from Europe. The American Plate reveals these and other stories behind America's most beloved foods.

Michael Lewis' fascinating new book argues that Donald Trump was utterly unprepared to lead the some 2 million federal employees — and that his appointees are often hostile to the agencies they lead.

In "direct primary care," a model favored by HHS Secretary Tom Price, patients pay a monthly fee to doctors for basic health care. But does that really provide better value?

Heavily criticized 40 years ago for her Vietnam Veterans' Memorial design, the artist-architect-activist prefers to talk about her artistic process rather than her life