Prometheus

The 155-track digital collection tied to the documentary of the same name features a wealth of previously unreleased material. Continue reading…

Founded by George W. Bush, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief was taken out of the list of agencies that lost previously pledged funds. But its future is far from certain.(Image credit: Ben de la Cruz/NPR)

Scientists are driving around in white Chevys, releasing thousands of specially engineered mosquitoes from tubes — part of a pioneering project to reduce the spread of dengue, a terrible disease.(Image credit: Ian Cheibub for NPR)

Before social media, these '80s icons earned their fame the hard way — and while some are still in the spotlight, others may be harder to place today. Continue reading…

In the U.S., as nowhere else, health insurance and employment are deeply connected. And that means confusion can snare even elite athletes.(Image credit: Scott Taetsch)

The independence-leaning ruling Democratic Progressive Party won the last presidential election, but the China-friendly Nationalists and the Taiwan People's Party have enough seats to form a majority bloc.(Image credit: ChiangYing-ying/AP)

John Michael Osbourne, a poor student from Birmingham, UK, exceeded expectations and helped invent heavy metal. A moment to remember the singular Ozzy Osbourne, who died this week at the age of 76.(Image credit: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Another deadly overnight raid in central Nigeria left more than 100 villagers dead and hundreds displaced. Survivors in Benue State say it's part of a brutal campaign to drive Christian farming communities from their land. NPR reports from Yelwata, where residents are still counting the dead.(Image credit: Marvellous Durowaiye)

For most pet primates in the United States, life is marked by chronic stress, malnutrition and illness — if they survive at all. A bill in Congress would aim to make ownership of captive primates illegal in all 50 states. (Image credit: Oakland Zoo)