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AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built to befriend children. A leading child-development expert says the technology offers real promise — but also risks crowding out the human relationships children need most.

The Grateful Dead endured an original run of 30 years, but its appeal has survived just as long in a world where the band no longer exists. The question now is not whether the music will continue, but how?

The new generation of smart speakers doesn't always play nice with each other's ecosystems, but at least they all sound much better.

The songs we love from the first half of the year span a wide emotional and musical range, from wild percussive romps to raw pleas for empathy to Beyoncé's command to leave it all on the dance floor.

Environmental scientist Kate O'Neill discusses recycling and the global politics of waste. "Once you throw something away, you've got to think about where's it going to go next," she says.

Executive producer Michael Gunton says following lions, chimps, tigers, painted wolves and emperor penguins for two years allowed filmmakers to capture the unique social dynamics of these animals.

Journalist Oliver Bullough runs kleptocracy tours in London, in which he points out mansions bought by corrupt foreign leaders and oligarchs. Moneyland describes their secretive transnational world.

President Trump sat down with the Timesfor a wide-ranging impromptu interview. NPR's editors and reporters have annotated Trump's claims.

The electronic music producer's family and collaborators spent three years completing the album SOPHIE with the pieces she left behind after her death.

Another year down the tubes: A basket of not very deplorable TV, movies and media stories in 2016 from A to Z. A is for Anchors Away! Jonathan Hawgood...