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These brain implants speak your mind — even when you don't want to

Brain-implanted devices that allow paralyzed people to speak can also decode words they imagine, but don't intend to share.

Despite A Wave Of Data Breaches, Fed Says Patient Privacy Isn't Dead

Hackers may have gained access to records for 11 million people covered by Premera Blue Cross. It's the latest lapse keeping an obscure government agency that investigates the breaches busy.

Jackie and friends with Versace handbags at a private opening at the Versace store, Beverly Hills, California, 2007.

Don't Be Fooled: 'Generation Wealth' Is More About Wanting Than Having

Lauren Greenfield's 500-page photo collection shows toddlers in designer clothes and magnums of champagne. But it's also about how ostentatious displays of wealth have replaced real social mobility.

Why Some Diversity Thinkers Aren't Buying The Tech Industry's Excuses

Despite diversity efforts, Facebook and Google keep showing little change in the percentages of black, Latino and female workers. Facebook pins the problem on lack of talent in the education pipeline.

For U.S. Women's Soccer, Winning The Game Isn't The Toughest Fight

The U.S. national team is favored to win this year's Women's World Cup in France. But back home, they're fighting a legal battle over gender discrimination. NPR speaks with journalist Caitlin Murray.

Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers listens during a virtual news conference at the Department of Justice on Oct. 28, 2020.

DOJ National Security Boss Is Moving On — But Cyber, China Threats Aren't

John Demers looks back on his latest stretch in the Justice Department in an exclusive interview with NPR. Cyber threats from Russia and China will remain a big problem, he warns.

This June, instructions were posted at an early voting precinct in Bismarck, N.D. In that primary election, tribal IDs that did not show residential addresses were accepted as voter ID. But those same IDs will not be accepted in the general election.

Many Native IDs Won't Be Accepted At North Dakota Polling Places

The Supreme Court has upheld a state law requiring voters' IDs to have street addresses, which many reservations do not use. Native American groups are now scrambling to prepare for Election Day.

Capitol View Arts and Austin Justice Coalition, in conjunction with the City of Austin and a team of artists and volunteers, paint the words 'Black Artists Matter' along East 11th Street.

City Scenes: The Truth Reflects, And Austin Doesn't Like What It Sees

KUTX examines the impact of Austin's racial justice protests inspired by George Floyd's death.

Personalities don't usually change quickly but they may have during the pandemic

A study finds small but meaningful declines in personality traits that help us navigate social situations, trust others, think creatively, and act responsibly. Young people were especially affected.

They made a material that doesn't exist on Earth. That's only the start of the story.

A scientific discovery could forever change China and the U.S. industrial balance.

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