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An organic seed company was distressed to learn it had marketed a GMO purple tomato by mistake. The incident raised alarm about the impact of new GMO plants.

Chief diversity officer was once a hot job. But now DEI is under attack and executives like Candace Byrdsong Williams, who built a career in diversity, equity and inclusion, are out in the cold.

The U.N. has adopted a lengthy "pact" of items for the world to address for a better tomorrow. We asked global thinkers if they'd like to add anything or give more emphasis to certain agenda items.

Astronauts face several risks during spaceflight, including exposure to radiation.

The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ancient armored fish.

Why can some people sleep through a jackhammer at the window, while others waken with the lightest whisper? Host Rachel Martin speaks to Johns Hopkins Sleep Disorders Center researcher Jeffrey Ellenbogen about his new study on how noises interrupt sleep.

In Mexico, September means chiles en nogada season. But one key ingredient, a candied barrel cactus called biznaga, is now illegal because it's vanishing in the wild.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to emergency room physician Dr. George Chiampas about how to stay healthy during the heat wave.

Several Christian denominations in recent years have repudiated a doctrine that was used to justify the subjugation of Native and Indigenous people. That's now playing out in local congregations.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Washington Post reporter Michael Kranish about Michael Bloomberg's history of sexist and discriminatory behavior.