Prometheus

While atomic bomb survivors warn the catastrophic risks, leaders of nuclear-armed states and self-proclaimed 'realists' argue that the deterrence of nuclear weapons is what keeps them from being deployed.(Image credit: Anthony Kuhn)

Russia hailed the summit as "very positive," while U.S. and European leaders urged Trump to push harder for a ceasefire.(Image credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

President Trump and Putin are meeting to discuss the end of Russia's war in Ukraine without Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he doesn't agree with federal subsidies for high-speed EV chargers, but that his department "will respect Congress' will" and release the funds.(Image credit: Patrick T. Fallon)

For most Americans, we just lived through the highest period of inflation in our lives. And we are reminded of this every time we go grocery shopping. All over TikTok, tons of people have posted videos of how little they got for … $20. $40. $100. Most upsetting to us: an $8 box of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.Food prices are almost 30% higher than they were five years ago. It’s bad. […]

On the 80th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in WWII, the legacy of a biological warfare unit still haunts. And human rights activists are alarmed by the Trump administration’s changing focus. 

A new study finds that nearly 1 in 10 kids on Medicaid visiting an emergency department for mental health care remain stuck there for days waiting for follow up psychiatric care.(Image credit: Cemile Bingol)

Scientists have recorded a human embryo implanting in a womb in real time. The implications of how it happens could lead to more and better treatments for infertility.(Image credit: Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC))

The Rainmaker.'/>A TV version of The Rainmaker is out this week, which gave critic Linda Holmes as good a reason as any to rank the on-screen adaptations of John Grisham's legal novels.(Image credit: Christopher Barr)