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  • The main goal in stroke treatment: saving brain.
    For Strokes, Superfast Treatment Means Better Recovery
    A new study says that getting treatment within 90 minutes of a stroke leads to excellent recovery for many people. It's often hard to get treatment that quickly, doctors say. But hospitals and patients really need to try.
  • A young man is treated at a hospital Wednesday in the Duma neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. According to activists, he was one of many casualties in what they say was a chemical weapons attack by government forces. The Syrian government has denied using such weapons.
    Syrian Doctors: Desperate Patients Flooded In At 3 A.M.
    The doctors say they don't know exactly what caused the casualties, but they describe hundreds of patients descending on their hospitals, all suffering from similar symptoms.
  • In <em>Short Term 12</em>, Grace (Brie Larson) counsels Marcus (Keith Stanfield), an angry young man about to age out of the foster care system.
    Teenage Graceland: A Temporary Home For Troubled Kids
    At a California facility, troubled teens are counseled by young adults who haven't entirely overcome their own adolescent traumas. Writer-director Destin Cretton drew on his experiences working with residents ordered to stay just a year. Brie Larson and John Gallagher Jr. star in Short Term 12.
  • Kate (Olivia Wilde) and Luke (Jake Johnson) work together at a Chicago brewery — and teeter on the brink of a relationship. But in this film, the work is more compelling than the play.
    In 'Drinking Buddies,' Drifting Through The Suds
    Co-workers in a Chicago brewery teeter on the edge of romance in this mumblecore-ish film starring Olivia Wilde (Thirteen from House M.D.). Even a trip to Costa Rica and copious amounts of beer can't animate a rambling plot.
  • 2014 Wall Calendar: May
    We corralled experienced chicken wrangler and artist Jillian Nickell into designing a lovely piece for our 2014 NPR Wall Calendar.
  • Ichiro Suzuki Joins Two Other Baseball Greats With 4,000th Hit
    Ichiro Suzuki got his 4000th hit on Wednesday, joining Ty Cobb and Pete Rose as the only baseball players to reach that milestone.
  • Judith Curry with her dogs, Rosie (left) and Bruno, in the mountains near Lake Tahoe. The climatologist focuses on the uncertainties of climate change far more than on the consensus of climate scientists.
    'Uncertain' Science: Judith Curry's Take On Climate Change
    When Republicans on Capitol Hill want to hear reasons not to take strong action on climate change, sometimes they call on Judith Curry to testify. The climatologist has staked out an unusual position on the subject: She says the climate is changing and people are partly responsible, but we shouldn't bother regulating carbon dioxide.
  • Former Chinese Politician Has Spirited Defense At Trial
    The former politician Bo Xilai offered a spirited defense in court in China on Thursday, surprising observers who had expected a quick show trial to end the country's biggest political scandal in decades. However Bo was allowed to cross-examine witnesses and tell judges he had been framed in the bribery charges against him. He said he had confessed to the charges under psychological pressure during interrogation.
  • Latest Clashes In Egypt Bloodier Than 2011 Revolution
    Melissa Block talks to Heba Morayef, Director of Human Rights Watch's Egypt office, about their latest report on human rights violations.
  • New Activists Harness Memory Of 1963 March On Washington
    Events commemorating the March on Washington started Wednesday evening, and got under way in earnest on Thursday.
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