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Chair design shifted dramatically about a hundred years ago, and it hasn't been good for our backs. Our daily lives are filled with chairs that make our posture worse. Luckily, we've got hacks.

For the elderly, a flood can turn into an eviction notice. They're often on fixed incomes and can't afford repairs.

Steve Inskeep talks to former diplomat Uzra Zeya about what she sees as declining diversity at the State Department. She worked there for 27 years but walked away from her job in the spring.

Sunni militants have often attacked the yearly religious processions of Pakistan's Shiite minority as they mourn the seventh-century slaying of the prophet Mohammed's grandson.

Rachel Martin talks to Senate Judiciary Committee member Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, ahead of Thursday's hearing for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who's accused of sexual misconduct.

There are so many tourists in the city at any given time that they've had to pass some strident laws. A recent proposal would ban people from sitting in an undesignated spot or pay a nearly $600 fine.

The White House says it wants an immigration system that prioritizes high-skilled workers. But critics say the administration is making it harder for those immigrants to live and work here.

After he ran out of cooking gas, Aldi Novel Adilang started using wood from his craft to cook fish. He drifted from Indonesia to waters around Guam.

Scientists demonstrate that a "gene drive" can rapidly spread a genetic mutation through a species, perhaps providing a potent new weapon against malaria. But there are plenty of skeptics.

Humans have harnessed the ripening power of the plant hormone ethylene for centuries, but a recent discovery of how a plant controls the hormone may lead to more precise human control of ripening.