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The bee towers over its apian cousins. Females have been recorded as being at least an inch and a half long. Add to that a pair of gigantic mandibles, and it's a bee like no other.

For years, NASA has had to rely on Russian vehicles to get astronauts to the International Space Station. That could soon change if the flight test of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule succeeds.

More countries and airlines grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 on Tuesday. But the three U.S. airlines that fly the jet say they don't plan to ground their fleets after a second deadly crash of the plane.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., about his calls to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 planes because of the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airline crashes.

Three decades after Prozac arrived, consumers are getting a new kind of antidepressant. The medicine is based on the anesthetic ketamine, which has been used illicitly as a party drug.

The craft's splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean hit its expected landing time of 8:45 a.m. ET Friday after re-entering Earth's atmosphere.

Peggy Sue Gerron, the titular inspiration of Buddy Holly's early hit, became a barrier-breaker in California and, eventually, an unofficial ambassador to Lubbock, Texas.

Here's a brief look at some key information about Kavanaugh as he begins his lifetime appointment to the nation's highest court.

Michael Lewis' fascinating new book argues that Donald Trump was utterly unprepared to lead the some 2 million federal employees — and that his appointees are often hostile to the agencies they lead.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Adam Smith, an international lawyer and former Obama administration sanctions official, about the International Criminal Court in the wake of John's Bolton's statements.