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Why do artichokes look so strange? What makes okra so slimy – and how can science help you turn that attribute into a taste sensation? Two botanists take plant science into the kitchen.

Thousands of people died as a result of the earthquake and tsunami that hit in 2011, but this is the first death that the government says was caused by radiation. He was a Fukushima worker.

A consortium of hospital systems and three foundations is moving ahead with a nonprofit drugmaker that would produce some of the generic medicines health care facilities need the most.

Sen. Cory Booker was the first Democrat to release documents that had been designated as "confidential" as the third day of the Judge Kavanaugh confirmation hearings began.

NPR's Morning Edition is looking to speak with people who have been affected by the conversation around kneeling during the playing of the national anthem in the NFL.

The attorneys general for both states have launched active investigations into abuse allegations. Last month, a grand jury report from Pennsylvania detailed abuse by more than 300 Catholic priests.

It's not mind control. But researchers think your opinions of others can have a surprising influence on their actions.

"I nearly fell over looking at it ... we were picking it up for hours," said the miner who found the gold. The huge amount of the precious metal is worth millions of dollars.

"A man in this courtroom believed the law did not apply to him," a prosecutor said of Paul Manafort. Defense attorneys countered, previewing a case that will fault the government's star witness.

Video footage of the bizarre theft fed intense public curiosity and led to solid tips. Officers say they found the shark named Miss Helen at the home of the main suspect. Both are now in captivity.