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Kohut became familiar to NPR listeners as the rare pollster who never strayed from his data and independent analysis, yet shared the numbers with humor and humanity. He died Tuesday at age 73.

Extremely premature babies, those born between 22 and 28 weeks of gestation, are more likely to survive now than they were 20 years ago. But the very youngest still have serious health problems.

Supporters in the Senate now have 41 votes. It's enough to thwart a Republican-led effort to undo the Iran deal – without the President needing to exercise a veto.

Math anxiety is much like other fears, say scientists who scanned the brains of third-graders. One-on-one tutoring soothed the fear circuit in anxious kids' brains and improved performance, too.

Tonight, when Stephen Colbert begins his run as host of the Late Show on CBS, he'll have a new partner in crime: pianist Jon Batiste. Bassist Christian McBride lends some insight into what he expects.

The amount of money in politics since the 2010 Citizens United decision is staggering. Hillary Clinton came out with a plan Tuesday to address it, but it's a daunting issue for a president to take on.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Ilan Stavans about his book, Quixote: The Novel and the World.Stavans was inspired by the Miguel de Cervantes' classic, Don Quixote,which turns 400 this year.

Ft. Pierce Resident CeeCee Ross Lyles was a flight attendant on Flight 93 when it crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001. The site is…

The death of an American teacher raises questions about the risks of heading off alone as a trekker or a volunteer. We talked with two experts about lessons to draw from the tragedy.

A team of researchers recently found that mobility patterns revealed by cellphone data let them accurately model the spread of a large dengue outbreak in two regions of Pakistan in 2013.