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"Environmental personhood" was once considered a fringe issue, but several countries have granted rivers within their borders legal person status. Bangladesh became the latest in July.

Scientists on five continents are hunting for geological evidence to pinpoint exactly when humans became a major force shaping life on Earth. But settling on the date could unleash a larger debate.

Scientists are closing in on identifying the exact genetic components that fish and amphibians use to regenerate their optic nerve after injury. The work may one day provide new treatments for human eye diseases and prevent permanent vision loss.On this episode of Curious Campus, we talk with two scientists studying regeneration. Ava Udvadia, a UW-Milwaukee associate professor of biological sciences who is researching regeneration in fish; and Fiona Watson, an associate professor of biology at Washington and Lee University who is studying regeneration in frogs.

Scientists say reindeer seem to sleep while they chew, allowing them to forage all day in the summertime and still get enough sleep.

Puerto Rican rapper Residente is ready for his biggest fight yet – challenging the meaning of America. "Everyone is American on this continent," he says.

We learn how the federal government is changing how nursing students can access federal student loans. We examine the high rate of mental health struggles among doctors. We help you prepare for winter weather emergencies. Plus, we get a behind the scenes look at the Mitchell Park Domes.

Twenty thousand Native Americans assembled in Washington on Tuesday for a parade of nations and blessing of the new Museum of the American Indian. Hear museum director W. Richard West and several opening ceremony participants.

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art is hosting the first-ever major exhibition of paintings that reflect what many upper-class Spaniards thought about race, class and skin color during the time of the Spanish colonization of Mexico in the 1700s.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to author Richard Flanagan about what it means to live amid the horror of warfare.

As head of NPR's business desk, Pallavi Gogoi leads the network's coverage of the most essential financial, economic, technology and media stories of the day.