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The billionaire philanthropist tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep his new TerraPower nuclear plant is safer than traditional builds. He's putting his own money behind the project.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg called the company's previous content moderation policies "censorship," repeating talking points from President-elect Donald Trump and his allies.

NPR's science podcast Short Wave talk about how ultrarunning affects the body, the trend of intermittent fasting and how to protect people's mental health when they talk with chatbots.

Any team that can put together a four-game winning streak will become the next champions. Only two No. 1 seeds are alive in the tournament, and the highest-profile schools have already gone home.

The megalodon went extinct 3.6 million years ago, and is thought to be the largest shark that ever swam the Earth. But the megalodon may not have been as big as once thought, some researchers suggest.

A conversation about the mission of the Black Girl Environmentalist organization with Wawa Gatheru.

Molecular biologist Stewart Loh shares his research that will combine DNA and protein engineering. Neuroscientist Hannah Phillips discusses the loss of empathy in some types of dementia. Assistant Dean Dimitra Bourboulia explains the value of future doctors conducting medical research as students.

Diabetes researchers Paula Trief and Dr. Ruth Weinstock share a study about medication adherence. Surgeon Mashaal Dhir tells about hepatic artery pump infusion therapy. Medical student Amelia Gabor shares her experience with Syracuse University's InclusiveU.

Dr. Thomas VanderMeer, the medical director of the Upstate Cancer Center, and Michael Davoli, the American Cancer Society’s senior government relations director for New York, tell about a new law requiring health insurers to pay for biomarker testing. Syracuse University Falk College professors Anni Bellows and Sudha Raj discuss the growth in "urban foraging" to collect edible plants, nuts and flowers that grow freely throughout a city.

Dr. Rinki Agarwal, the medical director for gynecological cancers at the Upstate Cancer Center, explains the new self-administered Pap test and how it works. Infectious disease chief Dr. Elizabeth Asiago Reddy evaluates the mpox virus and its dangers. And endocrine chief Dr. Ruth Weinstock and Margie Greenfield, health information systems program manager, discuss advances in telehealth, or remote access to health care.