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Singapore has unveiled a national initiative built entirely around its collapsing birth rate. Some demographers say the plan includes policy ideas that could help American parents.

An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.

The annual "anything goes" performing arts festival featured more than 4,200 performances this year. These are the ones we're still talking about.

The Trump administration announced a deal Friday to develop a vast amount of Venezuela's oil reserves, with the U.S. taking a majority stake. Energy experts say there are many reasons to be skeptical.

A recent study found that many women treated for recurrent UTIs didn't have UTIs at all. Instead, their symptoms were caused by hormonally driven inflammation and pelvic floor dysfunction.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with music journalist Alan Light about the posthumous release of a new Prince album, "Timeless"

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland, as the House reconvenes this week with a stopgap spending bill on the agenda.

Born from a shared love of early 2000s rock, Megasound delivers big hooks and bigger fun on “Supersize.” Download this week’s featured track now.

Inspire Dance Team is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by Katarina Lengyel to address a gap in access to dance and performance opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

New federal rules mean Arizona will be getting a lot less water from the Colorado river. City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive.

Argentina has produced some of the world's greatest soccer players. Could its youth system offer lessons for the United States?

Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing.