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If you relish puns, then you'll love a new game that gives you two food-themed topics to blend into one deliciously bad joke. The food pun is so beloved, there's even one in the story of Adam and Eve.

The NRA is pressuring President Trump to refuse any effort to expand background checks for gun sales, and it appears to be working. Trump says the real gun-safety issue is mental health.

A detailed comparison of mouse and human brain tissue found differences that could help explain why mice aren't always a good model for human diseases.

One of the ways Native tribes in the West celebrate their history and culture is through annual summer horse races. They're known as Indian Relays, and tribes call them America's first extreme sport.

The triumph of this book is how Bathsheba Demuth pulls seemingly disparate threads together into a net of actions and consequences from which the whales, the Yupik, and our children can't escape.

The Trump administration issued a rule Wednesday that would allow it to detain migrant children and families longer than is currently allowed. NPR speaks with Politico's Ted Hesson about the change.

Connecticut and New York state officials criticized a new Trump administration policy as cruel and harmful against immigrants and permanent residents. The…

The deficit is expected to swell to $960 billion this year and average $1.2 trillion in each of the next 10 years, according to congressional budget forecasters. They also expect the economy to slow.

How do Americans experience and cope with pain that makes everyday life harder? We asked in the latest NPR-IBM Watson Health Poll.

Picture a hairless, wrinkly rodent about the size of a small sweet potato — kinda cool, kinda weird. They also are extraordinarily long-lived. Researchers are lining up to study their secrets.