It's the time of year when new lambs are born, and for some shepherds, the process raises difficult questions.

A new law will allow more mental health providers to accept Medicare patients. Could this help close the mental health gap for millions of older Americans?

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Philip Luther of Amnesty International, about Israel's administrative detention policy, under which thousands of Palestinians are held without charge.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Peter Kornbluh, director of the National Security Archives' Chile Documentation Project, about Henry Kissinger's role in Chile.

The world's first vampire movie premiered 100 years ago. After a long copyright battle, Florence Stoker, widow of the author of Dracula, asked for all copies of Nosferatu to be destroyed. Were they?

NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary remembering other events in 1971. The band T. Rex overhauled their musical style and released Electric Warrior, an album that became the cornerstone of glam rock.

NPR celebrates its 50th anniversary remembering other events in 1971. The band T. Rex overhauled their musical style and released Electric Warrior, an album that became the cornerstone of glam rock.

Biblical womanhood is a pervasive concept among evangelicals. A new book by historian Beth Allison Barr argues those ideas may be more secular than scriptural.

Pitmaster Rodney Scott describes his lifelong journey as a chef and his hope for the future. "I want to take over the world with barbecue," the James Beard Award winner tells NPR.

Scientists are trying to build a tiny drone with the agility of a mosquito. These light but strong flying robots could be used in critical situations, such as finding people in a collapsed building.

The crowd-sourced documentary Life In A Day 2020 explores life around the world on a single day: July 25, 2020. It is a sequel to the first version that was done a decade ago.

Women rarely received credit for their creative work in Colonial America. But with a new album, one scholar is reviving the works of the women who lived and composed at the Ephrata Cloister.

Elliott created the blue-eyes/brown-eyes classroom exercise in 1968 to teach students about racism. Today, she says, it's still playing out as the U.S. reckons with racial injustice.