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A few years back, a telescope picked up a radio signal that seemed to be coming from a nearby star. One possibility? Aliens! The story on how this real-life hunt for ET unfolded.

Presidents don't set the gas price you pay at the pump, but they're often blamed for it. And right now, high energy prices are helping send inflation to an over 30-year high.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and how Congress plans to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin.

It was under control. And then it wasn't. In her new book Phantom Plague: How Tuberculosis Shaped History, VIdya Krishnan shows how "we repeat the same disease-spreading mistakes over and over."

The Equal Justice Initiative addresses America's history of racial violence at a time when state lawmakers nationwide have been trying to limit teaching about divisive topics in public schools.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Foreign Policy's national security reporter Jack Detsch about how the war in Ukraine may affect Russia's annual V-Day military parade.

Justin Wolfers, an economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has analyzed 44,000 college basketball games and says he has found statistical evidence of point shaving among teams which are prohibitively favored by Las Vegas bookmakers.

With Pride events scheduled throughout the month of June, organizers in multiple cities say the arrests in Coeur d'Alene have put safety back at the top of their agendas.

Russia invades Ukraine as blasts are heard in Kyiv and other cities. President Biden called the attack a "needless act of aggression" and warned of "a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering."

We live in a world where celebrities have overtaken movie stars, celebrity being something that can happen to anyone (think Paris Hilton) and stardom being a more elusive quality, that involves having some talent mixed in with your Botox.