Vedantam, a veteran science reporter, joins WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn to explore how unseen mental forces shape our choices, and why the show continues to resonate with listeners.

Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say.

She was a Muslim missionary by 13 and a creationist determined to disprove Darwin at 18. So how did she become TV's favourite ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

Six new books by Berkshire authors explore connection, love, loss and community, from memoirs and romance to mysteries and ...

Jordan believed poetry had the power to teach and educate, and she did not shy away from difficult word choices to appease ...

The Philadelphian came to see that the ideals he championed — liberty, self-determination, human dignity — could not coexist ...

Can sea slugs form abstract thoughts? Do we dare to see any "purpose" in evolution? Is the subjective just a complicated form ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Former First Lady Michelle Obama opens up like never before about her style evolution, and the importance of wearing natural hair and protective styles ...

Plague, leprosy, smallpox and other diseases didn't jump from animals to humans when we thought. Ancient DNA is revealing ...

Part memoir, part manifesto, the book places the idyllic community’s founder alongside other thought leaders who’ve used their careers to argue for a different way of living.