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Dr. Anthony Fauci is stepping down as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. NPR's Scott Simon talks with him about a long career that spanned the AIDS and COVID crises.

We mark our days by sunlight, with special receptors in our eyes that respond to light and help reset our body clocks each day. This man can't see, but is still a circadian wiz. Here's how.

It can take between four and six hours to bake a traditional British fruit cake. Given the high price of energy, a baker in North Yorkshire, England is letting patrons use his oven for free.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Thomas Mars, lead singer of the nearly 30-year-old French pop band Phoenix, about the group's new album, Alpha Zulu.

Two months after Hurricane Ian scattered boats across southwestern Florida and its coastal waters, salvage firms are still working to extricate them from trees, houses and the sea floor.

In this year's midterm elections, two seats in the Pacific Northwest flipped after years of one-party control. A look at the women who won these races.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the life Joseph Kromelis, Chicago's famous "Walking Man", and the harsh conditions that many unhoused people live with every day.

The Senate passed a bill designed to improve safety and customer service for air travelers, a day before the law governing the Federal Aviation Administration expires.

Two skiers were killed and one was rescued after they were buried in an avalanche in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City that occurred after several days of spring snowstorms, authorities said.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay millions in damages for spreading lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre. But even if the penalties shut down Infowars, his influence will remain.