NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with astronomer David Jewitt about what we can learn from the third interstellar object to have entered our solar system, a comet-like object known as 3I/ATLAS.

Fans who pre-ordered new albums by Lil Wayne and The Weeknd on vinyl got a rude awakening: More than half the songs that appeared on the streaming version were missing on the LP.

The TV prequel to the Alien movies calls back to the best elements of those original films — including questions about ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former Trump national security advisor Ambassador John Bolton about the President's upcoming summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Dr. Debra Hendrickson sees the impact of extreme heat and wildfire smoke on kids everyday in her pediatric clinic in Reno, ...

We mark the birthday of Katharine Lee Bates, the author of the poem, “America the Beautiful.” She was a writer, teacher, anti ...

Violent crime and property crime rates fell to a 20-year low in 2024, following the COVID-19-era crime surge, according to new FBI data. Here & Now ‘s Scott Tong speaks with Jeff Asher, co-founder of ...

The Perseid meteor shower has been active for weeks, and on Tuesday night, it's expected to peak. It should be the most active night to see meteors.

It wasn't underground, and it wasn't a railroad, so how did one of the most notable movements for freedom in American history end up with that name?

The attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killed more than 100,000 Japanese civilians, poisoned a generation of survivors and ...

The technology to make diamonds in a lab has existed since the 1950s, and now lab-grown diamonds are changing the market in ...

National Guard troops reported to the armory in Washington D.C. this morning, a day after President Trump announced the federal government would take over the district’s police force.