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More than half of the Colorado River's water is used to grow crops, primarily livestock feed, a new study finds. The river and its users are facing tough decisions as the climate warms.

It's easy to stop noticing what we love about our lives. NPR's Life Kit has tips from cognitive neuroscientist Tali Sharot on how to fall back in love with life's small joys.

At least 16 people have died at the park this year, including five fatalities in August alone. No single factor is to blame, but several deaths have followed stretches of extreme weather.

What effect does climate change have on food scarcity in the U.S. and abroad? NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Tim Searchinger, a researcher on energy and the environment.

A Navy investigation into the suicide of a sailor on the USS Roosevelt reveals a toxic culture aboard the carrier.

Researchers have found more than 275 million previously unreported genetic variants from data shared by nearly 250,000 volunteers. Half of the data are from participants of non-European ancestry.

Feeling groggy these days? NPR's Life Kit has science-based strategies to help you sleep better, deeper and longer.

As the civilian death toll rises in Syria, there are increased calls to provide arms to the Syrian opposition. Turkey is well-placed to take the lead. But Ankara is thus far reluctant to send arms across the border or use its military to create humanitarian safe zones inside Syria.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with NASA's astronaut selection manager April Jordan about what the agency is looking for in the next generation of space travelers.

Robert Ortt, himself a National Guard veteran, is among those questioning Hochul’s proposed action to deploy members of the National Guard to aid those corrections officers still on duty. The move, Ortt says, could be counter-protective and have an adverse effect. At the very least, it will strain already frayed relations between the corrections officers and the Hochul administration.