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A car’s catalytic converter — which helps curb harmful emissions — contains precious metals more valuable than gold. Thieves have long known that.

Social distancing to slow the spread of COVID-19 has been shaping most things we do for more than a year now. How we stand in line, where and how we work, who we interact with on a day-to-day basis. But we’re not alone in this. When disease is present, animals socially distance as well.

As a kid discovering music, you assemble a hodgepodge of other people's opinions. But there's a lot of joy to be found when the urge to agree with the critics melts away, writes critic Laura Snapes.

Scientists in Michigan went out in the dead of night to dig up part of an unusual long-term experiment. It's a research study that started in 1879 and is handed from one generation to the next.

Writer and cartoonist Jonny Sun's new book is a collection of essays, reflections and illustrations that consider everything from Tetris to succulent plants to dealing with loneliness.

In at least 36 states and the District of Columbia, child welfare agencies use a child's benefit checks to offset the cost of foster care, often leaving them with a tattered safety net as adults.

When Anya Steinberg learned the man she thought was her father wasn't, it cast her life in a new light. In her winning student podcast entry, she traces her journey to figure out who she is.

Just about anybody who ever worked in a newsroom can share a story about a public official NOT looking happy to see a reporter. News organizations report…

How would your dog do on the SATs? The question is a joke, but not the concept of testing dogs for problem-solving abilities. Oregon State University's…

Unless people are packed together, "there really just is not much spread happening outdoors," Dr. Ashish Jha of Brown University's School of Public Health says.