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Scientists have developed an artificial hearing system that harnesses the brain's ability to amplify certain sounds while suppressing others. It could lead to better hearing aids.

President Trump's visit to China highlights the lock China has on critical and strategic minerals. A big federal investment in Montana mining aims to turn that tide.

A Boston hospital fights staff burnout and boosts patient morale with forest bathing — getting people outside for some time in nature.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Anne Lamott opens up about how she had to unlearn what others thought of her.

America's national pastime is celebrated at a minor league park in Massachusetts... with poetry

The University of Nebraska is home to the only federally funded quarantine unit in the U.S. and a separate biocontainment unit that can treat people exposed to infectious diseases.

More than 1,000 people weighed in on the long-anticipated project, which aims to turn an abandoned rail line into a walking and biking trail connecting North and South Carolina.

A growing number of homeless New Yorkers are finding themselves in court after police caught them taking up more than one seat on public transit or lying on the floor of a station in recent months.

<>NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.

The state of Texas is working to crack down on the growing problem of oilfield theft. Estimated losses from stolen crude across the state total a billion dollars.