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NPR's Ailsa Chang goes on a tour with LA Times columnist Patt Morrison of Los Angeles' top makeout spots, which offer a vantage point into the city's last century of development and urban sprawl.

Michael Schur wrote for the The Office and created The Good Place. His new show for Netflix features Ted Danson as a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community.

This year, the animal kingdom was filled with triumph, loss and new discoveries. Here is a look at NPR's top animal stories of 2024.

Scientists have long studied how near-infrared light bounces off forests and grasslands, as a proxy for plant health. Now, an artist is using the same trick to turn the Joshua tree into an instrument.

New research shared exclusively with NPR suggests that Pyongyang is refining its weapons technology through open scientific research. China leads the way in scientific collaboration with North Korea.

On Ash Wednesday, Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many whose churches and homes burned in the Los Angeles fires.

Montgomery, Ala., helped shape America — from the cradle of the Confederacy to the birthplace of the civil rights movement to the city's draw today as the place to reflect on the legacy of slavery.

On Earth Day, we take a look back at the rocky history of "tree-huggers." The term originated in the 1970s in the Himalayas and was later co-opted by American politics in the 1990s. Now, environmentalists are reclaiming the word.

Scholars have a mantra: Shakespeare is universal and his works are for everyone. But for Black actors and audiences, does an implicit whiteness in the Bard's canon hinder access and identification?

Syphilis cases in California have contributed to soaring national caseloads of sexually transmitted diseases. Experts point to the advent of dating apps, decreased condom use and an increase in meth.