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NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Sir Patrick Stewart about his recent memoir and why he sees his time playing Captain Picard as a kind of spiritual calling.

After 148 days, television and movie writers are headed back to work. Many say they're happy the strike has ended for the Writers Guild of America.

The broadcast service has been providing news, information, and entertainment to those with trouble seeing or reading the printed word since 1973.

Author Cat Bohannon says there's a "male norm" in science that prioritizes male bodies. Female bodies have been left out of countless clinical studies, and research is only just starting to catch up.

Thu., Oct. 12, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. | Join the conversation at a preview screening of the new Ken Burns film, The American Buffalo.

Too Good To Go works with businesses to sell leftovers at a reduced price. This helps prevent food waste from ending up in landfills, where it decomposes and produces a potent planet-warming gas.

As winter approaches, Ukraine's military takes stock of the limited gains of its counteroffensive. As the war goes on, support for Ukraine seems to waver — especially among Republicans in Congress.

As hard-line House Republicans move to oust Kevin McCarthy from his speakership, Democrats say they won't help him. "Let them wallow in their pigsty of incompetence," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Almost all of China's medium and large cities are susceptible to floods. Some experts are promoting a solution called sponge cities — urban landscapes that are softer and meant to absorb more water.

A 104-year-old woman over the weekend ditched her walker before skydiving from more than 10,000 feet above northern Illinois. Dorothy Hoffner first skydived when she was 100 years old.