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At 31, a woman had the bacteria in her gut catalogued as part of scientific project that aims to characterize the creatures that live inside us and affect our health. Here's what she found out.

NPR reporters break down how the coal industry, climate, U.S. global relations, public support and budget could be affected by President Trump's decision to pull out of the agreement.

Some of the home-grown terrorists who have struck France in recent years were petty criminals who were radicalized in prison.

First she was shot at on the way to work. Then her house was destroyed by a bomb. That didn't deter this female scientist.

The tubers are essential to the country's economy and culture, but their quality keeps declining. Now, researchers have found a way to mass produce good seed yams — and it could save the industry.

A new report urges the largest state court system in America to phase out the use of commercial bail and replace it with a robust risk-assessment system.

Premiums for top-line HealthCare.gov policies are going up, federal officials confirm. But higher subsidies could cut some consumers' out-of-pocket expenses enough to make coverage cheaper overall.

Student deaths, mental health issues, stress and overwork, racial and ethnic tensions: These are just some of the challenges faced by Maria Klawe at Harvey Mudd College.

In his way, Breitbart was a hyperactive Web reinterpretation of the pre-Revolutionary pamphleteer Thomas Paine. Or of Philip Freneau, who, as a Philadelphia journalist during the early American republic, was an anti-Federalist propagandist for then-Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson.

We have analysis of President Trump's State of the Union address.