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A Harvard researcher has traced the roots of our math curriculum back through the centuries. And it hasn't changed much.

Longtime political correspondent Ron Fournier is leaving journalism and Washington, D.C., to return to his native Detroit. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to him about his career in political journalism.

For decades, knowing your cholesterol number was the first step in preventing heart disease and stroke. Heart specialists would shift away from specific cholesterol targets under new guidelines. A risk-based approach tailored to each patient would become the new norm.

Ann Dunham's fight with an insurance company before her death in 1995 is under scrutiny once more. And this time, a few words may tell a different tale.

Eating disorders affect people of all races and ethnicities, but existing research and treatments often don't take into account the cultural factors that come into play in minority communities.

An elections case before the Supreme Court could dramatically change the way state legislative districts are drawn and could tilt some states in a decidedly more Republican direction.

For many refugees, faith provides continuity in a world that is otherwise upended. In our latest installment of WMRA’s special series, Jordy Yager looks…

In 1951, members of the scientific Explorers Club thought they had dined on prehistoric meat dug out of the Alaskan tundra. The meal became legend. Now two Yale students have unraveled the deception.

About 40 percent of U.S. Catholics are foreign-born or the children of immigrants. The change is having profound effects, from reviving dying parishes to shifting the church's geographical center.

Rachel Martin talks to outgoing director Richard Cordray, who named his deputy as acting director. The president named someone else. Rachel Martin talks to Cordray and NPR's Uri Berliner.