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Trace human development from embryo to newborn through stunning microimagery.

What is the secret link between rocks and minerals, and every living thing on Earth?

NASA launches its most ambitious search yet for traces of ancient life on Mars.

Discover the fascinating chemistry that makes our world and everything in it—including us.

The basic building blocks for life are made of just six elements.

Born in New York to an Irish Catholic mother and a Jordanian-Muslim father, Diana Abu-Jaber teaches writing in Portland, Oregon but makes her home in…

With the Syrian civil war in its eighth year, a rebel describes the many transformations he and his enemies have undergone — and how he'll keep fighting.

Scott Simon speaks with Brett Velicovich about his memoir, Drone Warrior, which details his time hunting and killing alleged terrorists using drones in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places.

We take you to the Exodus Transitional Community in New York City, where former inmates try to build new lives after leaving prison.

BBC reporter Ghadi Sary speaks with NPR's Arun Rath about secretly filmed videos obtained of harrowing conditions in the Iraqi city of Mosul, which is controlled by the self-declared Islamic State.