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A German pilot used a GPS device to map a route that would take the shape of a giant syringe. He flew about 5,000 feet in the air to trace the syringe, which spanned over 40 miles in the sky.

Special Purpose Acquisition Companies, or SPACs, allow companies to go public without jumping through all the hoops of an initial public offering. SPACs have dominated business headlines this year.

A daughter's attempt to cheer up her dad, 96-year-old Martin Adler, during the quarantine went viral in Italy. Adler and another soldier were looking for German troops when they found the children.

This has been a tough year for pretty much everyone on Earth. But things have been going much better in space. One of the big milestone was for NASA and the commercial company SpaceX.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Joel McLemore about ending his almost 17-year marriage, and moving to a new town for a new job — all in the same year.

"Our job, we know, has never been more important, more significant, or more challenging than it is right now," says Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz.

Early in the pandemic, people were advised to disinfect everything they touched. But now that scientists understand more about how COVID-19 spreads, all that scrubbing down may have been overkill.

Ant Group's wealth management services are illegal and the company must undergo major restructuring to come into compliance, regulators say.

With hospitals overwhelmed, California has suspended its unique law limiting nurse-to-patient ratios. Nurses are protesting, and worry it could lead to the law being changed or scrapped.

A movement sparked by medical students is pushing to eliminate the use of race to estimate kidney function, saying it reinforces racist thinking. Some argue the change could cause unintended harm.