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A researcher finds some types of slugs can completely regenerate their body after self-decapitating as a method of surviving disease.

NPR's Scott Simons asks Economist correspondent Nicolas Pelham about Syria's first lady, Asma al-Assad, and how she has profited during the decade-long conflict in her country.

Journalists are not usually granted access to Cabo Delgado in northern Mozambique, where for three years a campaign of violence by Islamist extremists has left some 668,000 people displaced.

We cover global health and development in our blog — but this time we want to hear from you via a new readership survey.

Layla Alammar's new novel is about a journalist who's fled the Syrian civil war for a new life in London — but can only tell anonymous stories about her neighbors because trauma has left her silent.

Rapper Curtis Roach tells NPR about how his life has changed since his song "Bored in the House" became a viral quarantine hit.

In downtown Louisville, Ky., events paid tribute to Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police last March.

Sen. Marco Rubio is among a group of lawmakers pushing to make daylight saving time permanent. Some states have passed similar measures, but they need federal approval for them to take effect.

The CDC still advises against nonessential travel, but many infectious disease experts say a trip to the beach or a family vacation can be done pretty safely if you do it right.

As the 10-year anniversary of the war approaches, a new book from the photojournalist Bassam Khabieh shares moments of normalcy and resilience against a backdrop of violence, displacement and fear.