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Regulators say an oil terminal proposed for a coastal Washington state harbor poses several environmental problems.

Today instant ramen is consumed in at least 80 countries — with culturally specific adaptations. The U.S., for instance, gets shorter noodles, because Americans don't slurp them up like the Japanese.

A new study from Washington State University finds that reservoirs behind dams produce more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought.

The U.N. has set the goal of eliminating extreme poverty and reducing the toll of disease by 2030. But there's a surprising obstacle.

Washington Post reporter David Fahrenthold says the Trump Foundation doesn't operate like a typical charity: "[Trump] doesn't seem to have understood that a charity isn't set up to benefit you."

In a speech at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, the billionaire tech entrepreneur is detailing his vision for sending humans to the red planet.

Enjoy Juno's trip to Jupiter — after that we'll see a little gap in planetary science missions from the U.S. That's because a NASA budget crunch several years ago left fewer missions in the pipeline.

NPR annotated the first presidential debate debate with fact check, analysis and context.

Both major party candidates are preparing for the first presidential debate on Monday, but they're doing so in different ways.

On average, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says 78 people die from an opioid-related overdose every day.