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NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks with Rep. Jerry McNerney, Democrat of California, about his new bill to research the effects and risks of "geoengineering" the planet as a way to fight climate change.

A new study suggests that being a morning person makes you slightly less susceptible to depression or mental illness. It, however, is not a very big effect.

A lot of vaccines and some medications need to be delivered by injection. Two groups of researchers are designing ways of delivering these medications by putting them in pill form.

Humans have been smoking pot to get high since the first millennium B.C. Archaeologists have found early evidence of cannabis use from wooden bowls exhumed from ancient tombs in western China.

Winemakers in some of Italy's most prominent regions are adapting to climate change to protect the quality of their world-famous wines.

Pitcher plants have evolved independently on three different continents. But new research shows they use many of the same tools to catch and eat their prey.

Bloomington-Normal is not a bad place to be if you are a bird. That's according to a study done by Illinois Wesleyan University biologist Given Harper.

Piel Island is made up of 50 acres a half-mile off England's northwestern coast, home to wildlife, castle ruins and a centuries-old pub. It's looking for a new landlord, who will also be crowned king.

The largest bacteria known to science have been discovered in the Caribbean. They're visible to the naked eye and surprisingly complex.

A team of elite mountain climbers undertakes a grueling trek across Tibet's Chang Tang Plateau. Their goal? To find and protect a rare animal's birthing ground. NPR's Alex Chadwick tells their story. Trace their journey through expedition photos and video.