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Efrem Mallach plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Scientists who study mushrooms get a boost from a network of sophisticated aficionados who tromp through the forests observing oddball species and sharing valuable information about their finds.

The Smithsonian magazine had named the small Harriet Tubman Museum in Cape May, N.J., as one to watch in 2020.

Tropical Depression Claudette is expected to return to a tropical storm status before it hits the North Carolina coast. The storm will bring torrential rain and high waters.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with comedian Kevin Hart about his new children's book, Marcus Makes a Movie.

Eager to control costs and sickness, hospitals and insurers are trying to help patients access better food, housing and transportation. But so far there is little research showing these efforts work.

Twyanna Williams left high school when she was 15 years old so she could help her mom pay the bills. But she never stopped wanting to go back to school. Williams was also the class valedictorian.

Olympic organizers on Monday decided to allow some spectators at events. The decision follows the first case of an Olympic athlete being denied entry to Japan, after testing positive for COVID-19.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Timothy Sheahan, a virologist and assistant professor for the Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina, about the government's plans.

Vaccine makers are planning for the possibility that boosters will be needed, and they're pushing ahead with research into new-generation flu shots and mRNA cancer vaccines.