On the death certificates of the Charleston victims, the cause of death won’t be listed as racism: it will be gunshot wounds.

Roughly 40 percent of food produced in America never makes it to the table. Whether it rots in the field, is trashed at the supermarket, or thrown out at home, NPR’s Allison Aubrey looks at why good food is being discarded, and what can be done to pr ...

Treated sewage water accounts for half the water used by Israel's farms. Entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to cut costs and to ensure that the 86 percent of wastewater that's recycled is safe.

France scored twice in the first eight minutes as they brushed aside South Korea 3-0 in a Women's World Cup second round game on Sunday to set up a quarter-final meeting with top-ranked Germany.

Current Nintendo hardware uses the company’s own proprietary operating systems. But according to Nikkei, one of Japan’s largest newspapers, that will soon change. One insider tells the paper that the NX will supposedly be built around the Android OS.

We interview this computer science pioneer after her photo with the Apollo 11 mission code conquered Twitter.

The question of being is the darkest in all philosophy.” So concluded William James in thinking about that most basic of riddles: how did something come from nothing? The question infuriates, James realized, because it demands an explanation while de ...

People love broccoli now! It is respected and adored as a healthful and delicious vegetable. But many people are not eating the broccoli correctly, because they are eating only the florets.

April Fool’s Day is imminent, which means that we’re about to see A) lots of unfunny people making awful attempts to prank everyone; and B) some people—often including big tech companies like Google and Blizzard—creating some brilliant things. Here’s ...

There’s good reason to fear raw milk. A study from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland reported that raw milk consumption significantly increased the risk of foodborne illness. Detection rates of Listeria and Campylobacter—two common food-related ba ...

Americans feel strongly that tipping waiters and waitresses anything under 15% is perniciously cheap, yet most people seem equally certain that tipping on takeout orders is unnecessary. Is it really?

His case suggests that the Islamic State may rely on recruiters inside the United States and shows how hard it is to predict who will be swept away by ideological fervor.

Smaller, isolated chunks of forests can't sustain as much wildlife as one big connected region.

Research shows that when you eat can be as important as what you eat.

In an interview with FRANCE 24, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decision to change this year’s Gallipoli commemoration to coincide with Armenia’s marking of the 100th anniversary of the genocide was a “ ...

This week, City Index explores the smallest slaps on the wrist and the harshest punishments for possessing a gram of weed around the world.

"Lion Whisperer" Kevin Richardson and a team of wildlife experts are handing out the final exams to their students of the South African plains. How will Welgedacht Game Reserve's lions and hyenas measure up to these tests designed to e ...

Nigeria's Nollywood is the second-largest producer of movies in the world. How does it compare with Hollywood and Bollywood?

Last month my fourth iPhone in six years was, in medical terms, crashing. The screen, which had pulled away from its glue, was behaving strangely. The charging port, no matter how thoroughly I cleaned it, only occasionally took power. Repair would be ...

The last four years have seen the fastest expansion of oil production in American history. An unprecedented drop-off in new drilling ventures foreshadows its end.