Gabriel Spitzer

Two sisters struggled to remember troubling childhood events until adulthood. A neuroscientist and author gave them the science and the language to turn their work into a dance performance and a book.

The humanitarian sector is facing a funding crisis, even as needs around the world continue to grow. We talk with experts and to NGOs about the impacts.

A deal struck Thursday is set to allow humanitarian aid parked in Egypt into Gaza. How much and how soon food would arrive remains uncertain.

When COVID-19 first emerged, Linsey Marr suspected right away it spread through the air. Time has proved this aerosols engineer right. Now she's being honored with a MacArthur "genius grant."

The program launched by President George W. Bush is credited with saving 25 million lives. Some in Congress want this year's reauthorization tied to language that PEPFAR will not "promote abortion."

A newly discovered wood construction is nearly 500,000 years old, and has archaeologists rethinking how technologically advanced the human who built it may have been. (Story aired on ATC on 9/21/23.)

Archaeologists dug into a riverbank in Zambia and uncovered what they call the earliest known wood construction by humans. The half-million year-old artifacts could change how we see Stone-Age people.

A newly discovered example of wood construction by humans is nearly 500,000 years old and has archaeologists rethinking how technologically advanced these pre-homo-sapiens may have been.

New data suggest a connection between antibiotic resistance and particulate pollution the air we breathe.

Antibiotic resistant microbes from the soil, from aquaculture, from sewage and from hospitals can hook onto air pollution particles. A new study looks at the implications.

A UCLA study finds that lower NFL jersey numbers tend to be associated with the idea that a player's body is slimmer and faster. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Sept. 6, 2023.)

A UCLA study finds that lower NFL jersey numbers tend to be associated with the idea that a player's body is slimmer and faster: evidence that "higher level" cognition steers "lower level" perception.

The nonprofit group One Acre Fund wants smallholder farms to grow more, earn more and feed more people. The organization just won a $2.5 million award from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

State and local officials have warned that the burn area on Maui is laden with distinct and potent toxic contaminants from incinerated buildings, vehicles and infrastructure.

A week after fires devastated west Maui, residents are confronting their losses, as the official recovery and identification of victims slowly proceeds.

On Wednesday, a previously restricted road to West Maui opened to all motorists. Access into Lahaina, the town leveled by a devastating fire, has been a challenge since the fire broke out a week ago.

With the WHO and CDC lifting the COVID-19 pandemic "emergency," we asked readers what was on their minds at this inflection point. Their reflections run the gamut, and also reveal some clear themes.

The city is facing a huge and visible homelessness crisis. One tech worker decided to help by bringing private toilets to outdoor camps.

In Vancouver, drug users run their own safe injection sites. Public health officials are taking note of how they operate — peers helping each other stay alive in a judgment-free zone.

Transgender people tend to have more mental health problems than the general population, but having supportive parents in childhood may help reduce that risk, a study finds.