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New ideas for learning are found in the most unexpected places. Three new projects are helping them spread.

In lower income countries and territories, life expectancy can be quite low — below 55 years. But sometimes it is years more than you'd predict. What's up?

NPR reporters break down how the coal industry, climate, U.S. global relations, public support and budget could be affected by President Trump's decision to pull out of the agreement.

Musgraves' new holiday record features old classics and new novelty songs. Critic Ken Tucker calls it "the rare Christmas album that can be listened to closely ... with both pleasure and admiration."

Student deaths, mental health issues, stress and overwork, racial and ethnic tensions: These are just some of the challenges faced by Maria Klawe at Harvey Mudd College.

The wholesalers that move medicines between drug companies and pharmacies have been fined for failing to call out suspicious transactions involving opioids.

The hours are long. The work is hard, and dirty. But this pig farmer in northeast Iowa loves what he does.

First she was shot at on the way to work. Then her house was destroyed by a bomb. That didn't deter this female scientist.

The tubers are essential to the country's economy and culture, but their quality keeps declining. Now, researchers have found a way to mass produce good seed yams — and it could save the industry.

Some of the home-grown terrorists who have struck France in recent years were petty criminals who were radicalized in prison.