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MIT Technology Review has released its annual list of breakthrough technologies. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amy Nordrum, an editor who helped put the list together.

In the handful of countries bordering Africa's Lake Chad, climate change and hunger are driving a refugee crisis.

Fusion energy has remained a distant dream for decades, but scientists announced they got more energy back than they put in to create the reaction. How close are we to fusion energy powering society?

Marian Kim-Phelps, superintendent of the Poway Unified School District in San Diego, tells NPR's Scott Simon the recommendations don't help schools with what they need to reopen: staffing and space.

Susan Naber, a paraprofessional at Brigham Early Learning Center, was nominated by Gov. JB Pritzker for a national education award for her work setting young children with disabilities on a path to school success.

A rare look at hard-to-reach areas of Syria hit by this week's earthquake reveals people desperate for help. They're in areas still outside the Syrian government's control.

U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona paid a visit to Peoria Wednesday night. The visit was part of Cardona’s five-state bus tour to meet with educators and gather feedback to better run the Department of Education.

In ancient times, people didn't have a word for cancer. And centuries ago, the treatment for cancer was just as deadly as the disease. Oncologist Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, talks to Steve Inskeep about some breakthroughs that came from unexpected people and in unexpected places.

With a gallon of gasoline costing $3 in much of America, many consumers wonder how the price is broken down, from oil fields, refineries, suppliers and the pump. Robert Siegel talks with Jim Haddock, vice president for retail sales of Gas America, which owns about 80 service stations and is based in Greenfield, Ind. Haddock talks about how much money the service stations are making as gas prices continue to rise.

Illinois Wesleyan University is offering a new degree program in public health, and a nearly $280,000 grant is coming to the McLean County Health Department.