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Pete Shelley Of The British Punk Band Buzzcocks Dies At 63

Pete Shelley, the British songwriter and co-founder of the punk rock band, the Buzzcocks, has died at age 63.

There has been a backlash since Chinese scientist He Jiankui's claim that he edited genes in embryos that became twin girls.

Outrage Intensifies Over Claims Of Gene-Edited Babies

Concerns over a Chinese scientist's claim that he created the first gene-edited babies grow with more questions about whether it worked and the possible harm he may have inflicted on the twin girls.

Sugar maple trees need snow to keep their roots warm. This allows them to grow fast enough to help maintain people's livelihoods while also absorbing carbon dioxide emissions.

Not So Sweet: Climate Change Means Slow-Growing Sugar Maples, Study Finds

If the snowpack keeps dwindling around northeastern maple trees, it's possible that by the end of the century, proper conditions for making maple syrup might no longer exist, a new study suggests.

(L-R) Tonina, Snail Mail, Boy Pablo and Dermot Kennedy were voted into the top 10 Slingshot Artists of 2018 by listeners.

Poll Results: Slingshot's Best New Artist Of 2018

We asked you to vote for your favorite new artist of 2018. Now it's time to reveal the winner.

A photograph of jazz pianist James Reese Europe projected above the musicians performing Jason Moran's <em>James Reese Europe and the Absence of Ruin</em>.

A Century Later, An Illuminated Eulogy For A Jazz Pioneer

Pianist Jason Moran calls James Reese Europe "basically the 'big bang' of jazz." Moran's tribute to the composer and WWI "Hellfighter" pulls his contributions to the genre out of history.

A woman in Johannesburg, South Africa, uses an HIV kit that tests for antibodies in oral fluids.

UNAIDS Report: 9 Million Are Likely HIV Positive And Don't Know It

That's why public health officials are urging people to "know your status." But if they learn they are HIV positive, there isn't always a clear path to treatment.

People walk through Ain Issa, one of the camps that holds displaced Syrians as well as foreign wives of ISIS fighters and their children. Thousands of foreign women and children languish in shelters in northeastern Syria, unwanted by their home governments and with no clear future.

Foreign Wives And Children Of ISIS Are Held In Syria With Uncertain Future

Kurdish officials in northeastern Syria say they are holding 550 foreign women whom they captured after defeating ISIS, as well as about 1,200 foreign children.

The Trump administration is giving schools more flexibility in the meals they serve. Critics say the rollback on school lunch rules is bad for kids' health.

More Salt, Fewer Whole Grains: USDA Eases School Lunch Nutrition Rules

Advocates say the Trump administration's rollback of nutrition requirements could lead to school meals that are inconsistent with federal dietary guidelines.

How The 'Golden Age' Of Corporate Musicals Used Songs To Boost Sales

Sheldon Harnick, John Russell and Steve Young discuss "industrial musicals," Broadway-style productions written and performed at the behest of corporations. Originally broadcast Nov. 5, 2013.

When to get care and when to pass often comes down to finances.

Poll: Young People More Likely To Defer Health Care Because Of Cost

A third of people under 35 said cost led them to put off some form of health care, compared with only 8 percent of people 65 and older, a poll by NPR and IBM Watson Health found.

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