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Some who have been advocating to reduce prison terms for nonviolent drug criminals privately tell NPR they are beginning to worry nothing will happen in 2016.

Every year at this time, we look back on just some — just some! — of the stuff that was delightful in the past 12 months.

The topics range from knowing our bodies — exploring mysteries of "lost posture" and how well your ears register audio quality — to stories of our times, such as gay marriage and political paranoia.

As the number of older Americans grows, so does the need for geriatricians to care for them. But few medical students are interested in the specialty, which isn't very glamorous or lucrative.

From ancient China to its modern rise, from the searing feuds of the Middle East to the cultural contradictions of Rio, our international staff offers up some of the best books of 2015. Enjoy.

NPR Music remembers musicians — singers, songwriters, instrumentalists — and other visionaries we lost in 2015. Explore and celebrate their musical legacies.

A UCF psychologist and Nemours doctor say more research is needed into ways to help parents who are addicts get clean.

Arborists climbed to the top of a 2,000-year-old bald cypress tree in Seminole County Monday.They gathered clippings from the soaring cypress known as Lady Liberty as part of an effort to clone some of the world's oldest trees and rebuild depleted forests.

The man known as the "clown prince" of basketball has died. Meadowlark Lemon was a star for with the Harlem Globetrotters for two decades.

Today, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced police department reforms in the aftermath of the deaths of two people shot by police just a few hours after Christmas.