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Turns out wireless networks aren't wireless at all. And light pulses in fiber optic cables carry your voice around the world. A new exhibition explains the science you hold in your hand every day.

Billions of adults and kids enjoy video games every day. But where do you start if you haven't played them before? Here are some beginner-friendly options.

In a 2015 interview, before he was president, Donald Trump said he was "fine" with affirmative action. Later, when Trump was president, his administration took actions seeking to leverage federal government policy against affirmative action.

NPR's Michele Martin talks to Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, about penalties imposed on Bank of America for illegal business practices.

Protesters are back on the streets in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revived judicial overhaul plans that demonstrators say undermine the nation's democracy.

With her debut album, 'Feed the Beast,' the rising pop star is still in the process of figuring out where she wants to be in the pop music echelon.

After Brian Wallach was diagnosed with ALS, he and his wife Sandra Abrevaya threw themselves into advocating for patients. Everyone up to President Biden took notice.

The end of race-conscious admissions means universities will have to find race-neutral alternatives to diversify their student bodies. California, which already has a ban, has faced those challenges.

Deaths and injuries from guns in the U.S. have increased for years, mirroring the 1990s - the last time gun violence was considered an epidemic.

This is the largest pilgrimage since 2019, after which the Hajj was dramatically curbed due to coronavirus restrictions that limited the pilgrimage to just a few thousand people.