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For Throwback Thursday, we share an intimate, energetic 2009 performance by the Avett Brothers, from the earliest days of the Tiny Desk.

No wonder we don't feel rested after a first night in a new place: Half of our brain has stayed alert while the other half enjoyed deeper sleep, a study finds. We really have been half-asleep.

The agreement addresses "what to do about the 2-liter diesel cars on the road and the environmental consequences resulting from their excess emissions," the Justice Department says.

In this final round, every answer will contain the letters C-A-N, in that order, somewhere in the answer. As in, "Leave the gun, take the cannoli."

Tell us how Prince and his music impacted your life, or just pick a song you love.

Executives who get their firms in legal trouble could be forced to pay back bonuses retroactively.

Switched On author John Elder Robison says the emotional empathy he gained after receiving transcranial magnetic stimulation was intense. "It's like I lost a protective shield," he says.

Renowned musician Prince died at his home in Minneapolis Thursday at the age of 57. NPR has this remembrance.

Statistics about Greenland both distort and reveal. The average income is $33,000 — that's definitely "high." Yet in some ways it resembles a developing world country.

More than 100 nations will sign the climate change deal agreed to in December. It will eventually commit nealy all the world's governments to cut back on greenhouse gases that cause global warming.