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Plastic is everywhere, but we ditched it for a week. Here are some tips from our experiment that you can use to cut back your own plastic use.

The Puerto Rican artist Ama used her doctor's desk as the background for her video entry to NPR Music's Tiny Desk Contest. Her song is about her recovery after chemotherapy.

The best books for children and young adults were awarded the country's top honors by the American Library Association on Monday.

Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a target for future therapies.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Tudor historian Owen Emmerson about his theory that the face in a famous portrait of Anne Boleyn is actually that of her daughter, Elizabeth I.

The crew of USS Ford is struggling to handle sewage problems on board the Navy's newest carrier.

A 17-year-old in California who got curious about the impact of AI on typical teen jobs. She embarked on an ambitious economic research project and shared her findings with us.

The Trump administration is pausing immigrant visa processing for nationals of 75 countries. Julia Gelatt of the Migration Policy Institute breaks down what the changes to immigration policy means.

A recent change puts some long-recommended childhood vaccines in a new category called "shared clinical decision-making." The ramifications of this seemingly wonky change could be far-reaching.

Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.