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As chemical weapons inspectors assess an attack site in Douma, Syrian families from the town offer NPR witness accounts of what they describe as a chlorine strike in Douma.

The singer's life and legacy have always been clouded with salacious gossip and harsh judgment. Author Gerrick Kennedy says it's time to reexamine that.

In her poems, Margaret Robison describes her recovery from stroke and the time she spent in a psychiatric hospital. But it's her son Augustin Burroughs' words in his memoir Running with Scissors that have defined her.

It started as a one-off dinner with a chatbot — a night of shrimp, sarcasm — then veered into something unsettlingly human.

For some people, a rare genetic mutation makes dementia inescapable. Three sisters have decided to confront fate with a genetic test and have joined a research project on possible treatments.

Dr. Tsion Firew, an emergency physician in Kigali, recalls the terrifying early days of Rwanda's Marburg outbreak and how she played a part in the response that changed its course.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson about her new book, Project Maven, and the secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat.

Three sisters set out to learn why many of the people in their family develop Alzheimer's disease in middle age — and what they can do about it.

Palestinian journalist Plestia Alaqad documented Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip after the Hamas Oct. 7 attacks. Her diary is now a book called "The Eyes of Gaza."

Chastened since the turn of the millennium, the streaming revolution has now revivified the recording industry — at least, those at the top of it. What are the alternatives, then?