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To close out Black History Month, Short Wave is highlighting just a few of the many incredible black scientists we've featured so far on the show.

Grosz fled Germany with his family in 1933. Now 90, he tells his story in the memoir, It's a Sin to Tell a Lie. Grosz visited Fresh Air in 1984 and 2004 to play music and to talk about his life.

As India is facing major tensions over a new law Muslims say discriminates against them, NRP's Scott Simon notes the country's history of rich religious diversity.

More labs will soon have the ability to test sick people for the novel coronavirus, and experts say they'll finally have more of a sense of how it's spreading through communities in the U.S.

The recently released "count the cost" survey of 379 households in New York found that the average loss per home from the flooding along Lake Ontario's…

One day after the United States signed an agreement with the Taliban, Ashraf Ghani said a proposed prisoner swap between the Taliban and his government could not be a precondition for talks.

Unlike postcard mountain resort towns, or Denver's booming, high-tech corridor, Pueblo is Colorado's faded industrial relic. But it's finding ways to grow into its next chapter.

On Tuesday, March 3, NPR will provide special coverage of the Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses. The 14 states voting on March 3 are -- Alabama,…

With roughly one-third of the nation voting in primaries on Super Tuesday, the stakes are high for the remaining nominees. As everyone awaits the results…

To keep the new coronavirus from spreading in the U.S., hospitals say they need new and sustained funding for good epidemiology as well as more masks, gowns and gloves.