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The wisdom of the crowd is at the heart of the democratic ideal. Someone is saying something others want to hear. But if you've looked at crowds from both sides, you know they can also be misleading.

Honeybees are major crop pollinators in the U.S., but they're in trouble. So researchers are now investigating how other bees could start picking up some of the slack.

Advocates for survivors of violent crime say there are too few credible programs to help black men — and they're trying to change that.

A total solar eclipse will make its way from Oregon to South Carolina. Millions are in the path of the eclipse, and millions more are head to locations where the total eclipse will be visible.

21st Century Fox said it was a matter of poor ratings. But the move coincides with the company's efforts to get government approval for its $15 billion takeover bid of European media giant Sky.

Speaking to journalists Wednesday, the president of the AFL-CIO described two warring factions in the White House, both seeking to influence the president — and each with drawbacks, in his view.

While local news broadcasts have been dominated by images of people flocking to stores, many low-income residents can't afford to stock up on supplies or drive out of town.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Pete Capel from Home Depot's hurricane command center about how the company prepared for Hurricane Harvey and is contributing to the recovery, while at the same time preparing for Hurricane Irma.

The latest hurricane models are using lightning-fast supercomputers to crunch ever-more data. And they're getting better.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Kimahli Powell, executive director of non-profit, Rainbow Railroad, about the joint program between Powell's organization and the Canadian government to secretly move gay men and women out of Chechnya and into Canada as government-assisted refugees.