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Alison Gopnik talks about two very different philosophies of parenting in her book 'The Gardener and the Carpenter.'

After a contentious NATO summit, President Trump visits the U.K. NPR's Noel King talks with former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband about President Trump's trip to the U.K.

Inslee says the policies he's enacted in his state on the environment, the economy and health care are the same progressive actions he'd take if elected president.

An increasing body of research finds people's beliefs about climate change can be changed by big disasters, like the current flooding across America's heartland.

Some scientists say Earth has entered a new geological epoch — the Anthropocene era — defined by human impact on the global landscape. Three artists traveled to 22 countries to see what we've wrought.

A Maryland hospital chain is testing new gowns that offer more coverage for patients' backsides. It's not the first time designers have tried to change the despised garment, without much success.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke ends his tenure having successfully pushed President Trump's agenda of "energy dominance," but leaving conservationists disappointed.

The organization's board unanimously adopted 70 recommendations of an independent report. But some say the governing body's pledge to do better isn't enough.

A 1999 quake killed 17,000. Experts are warning that Turkey is badly unprepared, and concern is growing since many urban green spaces meant as earthquake evacuation zones have been sold to developers.

Nurse-Family Partnership programs provide low-income mothers with checkups. Robert Siegel speaks with Nobel Laureate James Heckman on the benefits of NFP, which is found to especially help boys.