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You can sometimes find out a lot about a country just by spending an hour or two rooting around town. NPR's Philip Reeves sent this postcard about his trip to a historic market in Santiago, Chile, in search of one of the world's more lethal drinks.

The company that makes the Roomba vacuum is developing a lawn mower robot. But the frequency on which it would work is also used by radio telescopes. A mini-battle is being played out in FCC filings.

As college students leave for the summer, many just throw away what they can't fit in the car for the ride home. But some schools are trying to find a new home for those campus castoffs.

On the same afternoon that federal officials announced that 3.3 million people nationally have signed up for health insurance plans on the exchanges, the…

The Buckeyes take on the Florida Gators for the NCAA Men's basketball championship Monday night. But it's not just the team players who could win big.…

This week, NPR's All Tech Considered is connecting with diverse innovators in tech and science. Kiverdi CEO Lisa Dyson discusses an early role model, her work and the need to boost tech education.

The January jobs report indicated unemployment was at 4.9 percent, the lowest rate since the recession. But the U.S. only added 151,000 jobs, missing economists' expectations of 190,000 new jobs.

"The only way my mind has been changed is maybe that until nobody has guns everybody has to have them," lead singer Jesse Hughes tells a French TV show.

[VIDEO DEAD] Terrence McNally's play Master Class tells the story of Maria Callas's [caption id="attachment_12935" align="alignright" width="133"…

Over the last week or so, I've had a few occasions to see the Thomas Worthington High School Marching Band practicing on the school's front lawn. Each…