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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Retired U.S. Navy admiral James Stavridis about Ukraine claiming to have killed the commander of Russia's Black Sea Fleet.

President Bush and the U.S. Senate turn their attention to immigration as the president helps to swear in new citizens while a Senate committee writes a bill to control the flow of undocumented workers. The full Senate is expected to debate the issue for the next two weeks.

There was a lot that happened in politics this year, from the consequential midterm elections to the Supreme Court's historic abortion ruling and record migration at the southern border.

New Nielsen TV ratings show a surprising winner for July: YouTube. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Lucas Shaw of Bloomberg News about what that might mean for the industry.

Research explores the consequences of boosting self-esteem when it is not justified. When self-esteem is artificially boosted, it reduces performance and effort — as people seek to protect the fragile gain in self-esteem by withdrawing from effort and the risk of failure. When self-esteem is diminished without justification, people appear to work harder to retrieve lost feelings of self-worth.

This was a big year in politics. But readers also devoured stories on avoiding mosquitoes, raising courageous kids, and why taking notes by hand is still your best bet.

There were a number of major news developments this year that intersected with just about every area of life — including education. The biggest education story of 2020 has been how COVID-19 changed schooling so dramatically.

As 2019 comes to a close, we’re looking back at some of Wisconsin’s most important education stories of the year – many of which will continue to play out in 2020.

The winners of the Newbery and Caldecott children's book awards will be announced Monday. Host Debbie Elliott and children's literature expert Eden Ross Lipson discuss the world of children's publishing.

A new book explores California's giant redwoods — some of the largest living organisms in the world. Devoted naturalists are climbing to the treetops to learn more about the "green ocean" overhead in the redwood canopies.