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Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.

The first Trump administration spent $28 billion bailing out farmers during a trade war with China. The White House has said it's starting to look at how to help this time around.

NPR first reported on the case of Charles Givens, a disabled inmate at Virginia's Marion Correctional Treatment Center, in 2023. Four corrections officers were accused of beating him to death and a fifth accused of negligence. Givens' sister, Kymberly Hobbs, sued the five men.

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.

His Hollywood career as a character actor spans decades, but this The White Lotus and The Righteous Gemstones star has decidedly become the internet's guy du jour — for more than one reason.

Isbell confronts the pain of divorce, and the possibility of new love. David Bianculli reviews Dying for Sex. Tennant played Doctor Who, and has been the lead in many Shakespearean plays.

The second of four episodes airing this week from Oakland-based Making Contact in honor of Asian and Pacific American Heritage Month.

Teenage Irish writer, naturalist, and activist Dara McAnulty speaks to the importance of keeping our hearts open amid our era of ecological crises, inviting us to find joy in the unknown. Plus a special poetry reading by acclaimed poet and birder J. Drew Lanham.

Over 20 percent of American adults (more than 50 million) experience some sort of mental illness every year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness.

Born in the Philippines, raised in the Bay, Jann Ramirez is a people-minded contributor. When he isn't working with high school youth as his day job, Jann pursues his interests in podcasting and community building.

Born in the Bay Area, raised in California and France, Eliza is a reporter and audio producer. She studied creative writing at The New School in New York before completing a BA degree in journalism at Fordham University in 2021.