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This year was filled with big news stories, many on politics. But listeners also enjoyed NPR reporting that was focused on young people. Here are the NPR One stories most listened to, and most loved.

A study found parachutes were no more effective than backpacks in preventing harm to people jumping from aircraft. The researchers' tongue-in-cheek experiment makes a deeper point about science.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to McPherson about "Socks," his new holiday album of original songs.

With the help of American volunteers from a variety of churches, a family of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was welcomed recently to its new home in Silver Spring, Md.

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will assume Mattis' duties starting in the new year. Trump had previously said Mattis would step down at the end of February.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with geologist Stephen Johnston about how the tsunami in Indonesia overnight was triggered.

A question about heading soccer balls inspired a series of experiments to understand how the brain changes shape when someone's head takes a hit.

A growing body of research shows keeping a log of what you are thankful for can lower stress, help you sleep better, and may even reduce the risk of heart disease. But it's not for everyone.

The twin-island nation is famous for the infectious genres of calypso and soca. But during the Christmas season another type of music dominates.

I had gone home to rural Zimbabwe for the holiday. In the village shop, two skinny young boys came in to buy cooking oil and bread. They hoped to use any leftover change to buy treats.