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The health secretary's affinity for saturated fat and his dislike of ultra-processed foods could influence new federal food guidelines.

Kristina Douglass wanted to find out the truth about how past communities adapted to environmental change. Her revelatory work has earned her a MacArthur award.

A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.

Illinois' DePaul University is among the Catholic schools that have banned the distribution of contraception from its campus health center.

Broadway's union for performers and stage managers says the sticking point is health care.

Nick Offerman is coming to Des Moines Oct. 14 to talk about his new book aimed at children, “Little Woodchucks: Offerman’s Guide to Tools and Tomfoolery.”

Air traffic controllers are facing a staffing shortage and the government shutdown is making it worse. And, former FBI Director James Comey appears in court today to face felony charges.

Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, has a plan for how to avoid shutdown showdown negotiations, but it wouldn't be popular with Congress' "uniparty," he told NPR.

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From capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere or sucking water out of dry desert air, the trio's new form of molecular architecture can absorb and contain gases inside metal organic frameworks.