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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks three community college presidents - J.B. Buxton, Nerita Hughes, and Georgia Lorenz - how the Trump administration's war on higher education is affecting their schools.

From 400-year-old globes to cosmic funeral shrouds, how the Osher Map Library in Maine shows people that maps aren't just for navigation — but windows into history, culture, and how we see the world.

President Trump canceled a signing ceremony for the bill Wednesday, saying Congress must first pass a strict voter ID bill.

The Trump EPA calls Biden-era rules for cutting pollution from heavy trucks "unworkable." The proposed changes have been celebrated by trucking groups and denounced by environmental groups.

Ranchers are concerned their already-fragile aquifers will be pumped dry.

The Trump administration finalized a rule Friday that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act. The administration narrowed the definition of "harm" under the landmark law.

Dr. Simon Lewis of the University of Leeds has discovered a vast peatland in a remote part of the Republic of Congo. The bog covers an area the size of England and is thought to contain billions of tons of peat. Scientists say that investigating the carbon-rich material could shed light on 10,000 years of environmental change in this little-studied region.

Melissa Block interviews John Armbruster, a seismologist with Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, part of Columbia University, about why he believes the waste from fracking in Ohio has led to the earthquakes there. He says the injection of waste water from the fracking process created pressure on nearby faults, and he expects the quakes to continue — even after the process is stopped.

A private sector-fueled monopoly controls access to the beaches.

In order to reduce the stress on animals for better qualities of milk and meat, some farmers and producers are using an Augmented reality tool to help them see what cows actually see.