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To study dogs' brain activity, scientists had to train canines to hold absolutely still for eight minutes without restraint. But how do you get a dog to freeze that long inside a clanging MRI scanner?

NPR's Scott Simon talks with neurophysiologist Jason Sherwin about his research into how a baseball batter processes an incoming fastball.

In a historic step toward rebuilding relations with the poor, heavily-bombed nation, the president will join other world leaders there, after wrapping another big global meeting in Hangzhou, China.

Astronomers have known about the powerful pulses but had never been able to catch one in the act to help figure out what's producing them. Last year, they got one.

There's an adage that says all press is good press. Our "Planet Money" team tests the theory by talking to authors who have had their books panned in The New York Times.

The house Lorraine Bracco bought needed a lot of work. "Nobody in their right mind would have bought this," she says. She chronicles the renovation in her HGTV show, My Big Italian Adventure.

For StoryCorps, Cherie DeBrest tells her 18-year-old daughter, Naima, how civil rights issues inspired her to get more involved in the voting process.

Joe Biden's running mate relies heavily on her experience as a district attorney and California attorney general. In those positions, she's navigated criticism from both the left and the right.

Many delegates to next week's Democratic National Convention are disappointed that they won't be gathering in person due to the pandemic. But many are campaigning to deliver a victory this fall.

As frustration mounts over the possibility of the U.K. withdrawing from the EU without a deal, some Irish are considering the unthinkable: uniting the north and the south.