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Bedrails are simple, metal devices that are supposed to keep frail people in bed and offer support. But if they're not assembled correctly, they can cause death by entrapment. The FDA has issued guidelines for the devices, and experts advise families to be on the lookout.

Hearings in Topeka Thursday will raise new questions about how the theory of evolution should be taught in the state's schools. Advocates of intelligent design propose new education guidelines to encourage teachers and students to consider other viewpoints.

Some 26,000 people who fled from the Darfur region of Sudan are living in the Breidjing refugee camp in Eastern Chad. They are among 200,000 Sudanese who have fled across the border. Aid agencies predict that the camps will be needed until at least the end of next year.

With songs about Anne Frank's final months at Bergen-Belsen, Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea hardly seems like the stuff of high school theater. But with the aid of The Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer, students in Lexington, Mass., have turned the seminal indie rock album into a surrealist production.

More than two years into the pandemic, many workers who have worked remotely during that time are resisting returning to the office, forcing their bosses to reconsider how to move forward.

How do boa constrictors breathe while constricting their victims? A new study finds that snakes can switch which set of ribs they use to draw in air as they crush their meal before devouring it.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Curtis Cain, the 2022 National Superintendent of the Year, about the challenges in the current and incoming school year.

Wegner would be the first woman to win the Academy Award for cinematography. She says a highlight of the project was filming the lead actor as he improvised a key emotional moment in the story.

Most humans walk around feeling like they know what reality is, but the message at the core of Dr. Guy Leschziner's book is that all sensory information we receive is intrinsically ambiguous.

Governor Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers gave up on the chance of meeting the state’s budget deadline when final agreements on the spending plan and related items failed to emerge in time. The Senate and Assembly adjourned until Monday, when they say they will try again to reach an accord.