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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Ayana Contreras of Denver public radio stations KUVO Jazz and The Drop to discuss today's top new releases.

A research and development site in Boone is using solar power, air and water to make farm fertilizer. The group behind the project calls it “green ammonia” because it does not rely on fossil fuels, like most synthetic fertilizers.

The Iowa Board of Regents wrapped up two days of meetings with discussions on tuition increases, civic engagement and new syllabi policies. The board is coming under increased scrutiny for its stance on DEI. Some students are calling on them to stand up against the Trump administration’s blitz on higher education.

In the days since his death, Pope Francis has received widespread praise. But conservative Catholics in the United States have had some qualms about the style and substance of his papacy.

As the Trump administration continues to flood the news cycles with its efforts to end to the war in Ukraine, NPR looks at the Kremlin's negotiating strategy.

Scientists have discovered a new color... but you can only see it through a laser. How did scientists make the discovery and what could it mean for how we see color?

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Isaiah Saxon, writer and director of The Legend of Ochi, about chasing the mysteries of nature, as a child and on film.

NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.

More than 950 students, teachers and staff in the Rock Valley Community School District were impacted when historic flooding swept across northwest Iowa in June 2024. Today, they remain united after months of recovery efforts.

Formed in 1975, Pere Ubu embodied the industrial decay and hardscrabble ethics of Cleveland. Thomas tied together the band's sound with uncompromising vocals that exuded steely menace and unfettered anguish.