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Actor Nicolas Cage bought a dinosaur skull in 2007 for $276,000. Someone broke the law by removing the skull from Mongolia and that's how it ended up at the gallery where Cage got it.

A Dartmouth researcher says reindeer can see UV or blue light which helps them see at night. But fog easily obscures the blue light. Red light travels through fog, and the rest is history.

According to the latest data from the Department of Homeland Security, 235,413 people were deported from the United States. That is the lowest number recorded by the Obama administration.

Hardy, nutritious and gluten-free, millet has become an "it" grain in recent years. Research reveals our ancestors relied on it: Millet was central to the rise of agriculture and farming communities.

The Mast Brothers have been called the "celebrity hipster chocolatiers" of Brooklyn. Lately, they've been accused of defrauding their customers. But that depends on how their chocolate tastes to you.

The controversy over Turing Pharmaceuticals is just one example. And the results for patients can be devastating.

Not only do the characters in McKay's new film warn about the collapse of the global economy — they make money off of it. McKay calls the movie, based on the book by Michael Lewis, a "traumedy."

It turns out the skulls have many layers of symbolism, from Mayan lore to modern-day issues.

2015 was a year of mega-mergers — deals made because of falling commodity prices, and deals that came with big tax advantages. NPR looks back at the year in mergers.