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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Jamie Smith Hopkins of the Center for Public Integrity about a solvent found in common paint strippers that can trigger heart attacks and asphyxiation, causing rapid death.

The New York Times bestselling author of The Interestings and Belzhar explains writing for teens and her failed attempt at journaling, plus emerges from an anagram challenge delightfully unscathed.

Acupuncture and massage haven't been proven to ease pain better than drugs — and may cost more. But Oregon hopes these sorts of alternatives to pills will reduce the societal costs of opioid abuse.

In the wake of the nuclear deal, NPR asked five Iran watchers to sketch out visions of what they think will happen in Iran and the broader Middle East, and in its relations with the West.

Most people assume they will be better understood by close friends or their partners than by strangers. Most people are wrong.

Geoff Sobelle calls his new one-man play "a meditation on our relationship to things." On a visit to the show, NPR's Arun Rath gathers a lesson in the meaning of stuff -- and the memories it can bear.

At the Frankfurt Motor Show this weekend, the topic on everyone's mind was the continued fallout from the VW emissions scandal.

Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizers would like to see baseball, skateboarding and surfing — but not bowling — when they host the Summer Games.

After both presidents delivered speeches to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, they met privately for 90 minutes to discuss Ukraine and Syria.

The investigation will focus on whether fraud was committed through the sale of diesel-powered vehicles equipped with technology that cheats emissions tests.