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Polls suggest that's what the majority of the public wants. It's become a hot issue for Democratic presidential candidates. But experts say inertia is likely to win out.

The puppy started following a team that was cleaning up the beach in Bangladesh. And now he is an Instagram star.

And they ended up writing a children's book highlighting 51 women, past and present. It's called The Dot That Went For A Walk.

A 2-mile section of border fence was replaced last year with a 30-foot steel pole wall. Residents on both sides of the border are concerned about rising tensions around cross-border traffic.

Surgeons would love to find a replacement for surgical staples — one that doesn't aggravate wounds on the way in and out. Bioengineers think they've found the right model — a porcupine's quill.

A report from Johns Hopkins University and Human Rights Watch finds an alarming decline in the quality of health care across the country.

Islands in Southeast Asia were clearly important in the evolution of early humans, say scientists who have turned up 50,000-year-old remains of what they suspect is a previously unknown human species.

Some environmentalists say food production needs a fundamental reboot, with crops that stay rooted in the soil for years, like Kernza, a prairie grass. Even General Mills says it likes the idea.

Being chief financial officer in a pot business requires lots of workarounds, including hiring heavily armed guards. Few financial firms are willing to service a market that remains federally illegal.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with David Friedman, vice president of advocacy for Consumer Reports, about the availability of advanced safety technologies such as automatic emergency braking in new cars.