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Listener Sherie Trakhtenbroit of San Antonio, Texas, plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Debbie Elliott.

Patrick Skluzacek suffered from PTSD-related nightmares that were ruining his life. His son, Tyler, created a smartwatch application to disrupt them. The app recently won FDA approval.

NPR's Life Kit provides some advice on gift-giving for this mostly remote holiday season.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Paco de Leon about how to handle student loan payments during the pandemic.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Paul Black, CEO of Winston Medical Center in Louisville, Miss., about the challenges the hospital faces with the influx of COVID-19 patients.

In Milwaukee, Black leaders want the Biden administration to revive the federal government's police accountability efforts nationwide. The racial justice movement has shifted the political landscape.

Milwaukee will become home to the world's tallest tower made of wood. Advocates say the technology, called mass timber, could create more sustainable housing for an increasingly urbanized world.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Stephen Chu, former secretary of Energy and a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, about how approaching peak fossil fuel demand will impact Biden's climate policies.

The Australian government says it will spend over a million dollars to count koalas using some high-tech methods. The conservation effort will incorporate heat-seeking drones and acoustic surveys.

The pandemic put a spotlight on health care workers and inspired many to pursue a career in medicine. The record number of applicants comes as the U.S. faces a projected shortage of physicians.