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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Sarah Perry about her latest novel, Melmoth.

Many users flocked to another Chinese-owned app, RedNote, when it looked like TikTok would be banned. Americans and Chinese citizens have been getting to know each other.

The USDA says "several" staffers working on the bird flu response were terminated over the weekend, and "we are working to swiftly rectify the situation and rescind those letters."

NSF fired 168 employees, leaving the agency less equipped to fund a wide range of scientific research.

Elon Musk has sent another email to more than 2 million federal workers to see whether they have a pulse. Why is the idea of non-existent employees an animating principle for Musk?

When Musk took over Twitter, he launched a payroll audit to root out dead workers getting paid. Now, Musk is launching the same campaign across the federal government.

Ants have farmed fungi for 66 million years, according to new work in the journal Science. It's a relationship that flourished after the demise of the dinosaurs, says Ted Schultz of the Smithsonian.

A conversation from Minneapolis about what's changed and what's not since George Floyd was killed by police officers four years ago.

As President Trump announces tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on Saturday night, we look at how those countries might respond.

U.S. and Russian officials are scheduled to meet in Saudi Arabia for talks on negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.