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Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, Henry Molaison was lobotomized — and lost his ability to create memories in the process. His story is one of tragedy and scientific breakthrough.

More than a thousand people have been rescued as the state is drenched and battered by what the governor has called an "unprecedented and historic flooding event."

Next month marks the 15th year the United States has been at war in Afghanistan and Iraq. And each of the 2.5 million men and women who served in the conflicts has a story. Now there’s a new effort to help those service members and veterans discover, shape and share their story.

In the 1880s, Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse battled over control of America's nascent electrical system. Graham Moore tells their story in The Last Days of Night.

This week, Opera Orlando announced plans for a star-studded one-night-only performance to benefit the community affected by the Pulse nightclub shooting.

I have to begin by saying that I don’t watch the “reality” cooking shows. None of them. And in fact it’s “Hell’s Kitchen” that first put me off of the…

Knowing everything there is to know about someone's financials is intrusive. So how did the tradition start — and why do we care?

Historian Mary Beard says many of our popular notions about the empire are based on culture rather than fact. Her new book is called SPQR. Originally broadcast Nov. 30, 2015.

Laly Santiago-Leon lost her cousin Luis Wilson-Leon, who went by the nickname Dani, and his boyfriend Jean Mendez Perez in the Pulse Night Club…

Moon Express is a startup company competing for Google’s X-Prize. That’s a prize of at least $15 million to the first private company to make it to the moon. But CEO Bob Richards says it not all about the money.