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Kids at a Flagstaff, Arizona, elementary school have been through a lot since 2019: the pandemic, and then wildfires and a big flood. Teachers are using horticulture therapy to teach them resilience.

Ah, the sweet taste of victory. And now there's scientific evidence to back that up. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to researcher Robin Dando at Cornell, who used hockey fans to test his theory.

As you might have guessed, the answer is not Tanzania. So the holiday season is a good time to reflect on ... electricity.

Built in 1936, it was one of only a handful of Bay Area projects by the renowned architect Richard Neutra.

A new report from Amnesty International details mental health problems, including suicidal behavior, among people held on the island. People trying to enter Australia by boat are refused asylum.

A new look at nearly 3.7 million-year-old fossil footprints uncovered in Tanzania shows that multiple species of early humans lived together at the same time.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Anna Ochoa O'Leary of the University of Arizona about the life and legacy of Chicano writer and activist Roberto Rodriguez, who died on Monday.

Though Colorado is often held up as the model of a healthy lifestyle, the state isn't immune to the obesity crisis. One in four children is either overweight or obese. "This is a major problem," says one state health official. "We are far from setting the model of where we want to be."

Sound can be a useful tool for scientists monitoring wildlife populations. But what if you're trying to monitor species in a raging river? A new tool helps cut through all of the noise.

Storyteller Odds Bodkin of Bradford, New Hampshire brings us the classic Aesop's fable, "The Wind and the Sun." (2:50) (From Compact Disc, "The Evergreens: Gentle Tales of Nature," Musical Stories by Odds Bodkin/Rivertree Produc