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Journalist Susan Jacoby tells Fresh Air that more than half of Americans will change religion at least once in their adult life time. Her new book is Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion.

U.S. military health care covers the high cost of in vitro fertilization, but the Veterans Affairs health system doesn't. The discrepancy is putting vets with combat injuries in a bind.

Over 130 "geriatric prisoners" who were serving life sentences are leaving Maryland prisons owing to a ruling by the state's highest court affecting criminal cases before 1980.

NPR looks back on the first time the term "iPhone" was heard on our airwaves.

Sarah Parcak uses satellite imagery to identify hidden sites. The winner of the 2016 TED Prize now plans to invite everyone to help her locate historical treasures.

A proposal being launched Thursday could result in boxes that subscribers could buy, not just rent, and that could provide streaming online content alongside traditional cable channels.

These blogs take the cake on exploring food, culture and identity.

How can adults make sure quiet kids don't get overlooked? A new book looks inside the minds of introverted kids and teens, with lessons for schools and parents.

After spewing methane into the atmosphere for months, a storage well near Porter Ranch, Los Angeles, has been permanently sealed and taken out of service, state officials and the gas utility say.

Scientists say Limacina helicina, which moves much like a fruit fly, represents a "remarkable" evolutionary convergence. Its ancestors and those of flying insects diverged some 550 million years ago.