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It was one of the most revolutionary tools of biomedical research: the immortal HeLa cell line. But few people know the cells belonged to a poor Southern tobacco farmer named Henrietta Lacks. Rebecca Skloot spent years researching Lacks and tells her story in The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks.

People tend to relax as they get older, and most people sit more. Each extra hour of sitting increases the odds that they won't be able to get out of bed or do other daily activities.

Fifty years ago, singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry released a song that described a slice of life in rural Mississippi. Critic Kevin Whitehead shares a few of the jazz covers that followed.

A new startup wants to revolutionize how we travel long distances using pretty simple technology: a bus with beds. Only, they're called pods.

Can you drink cappuccino after breakfast? Should you take espresso in a cup or a glass? Italy, perhaps the spiritual home of coffee, has much to say about when and how to enjoy it.

2018 wasn't a problem-free election, but it also wasn't a cyber-nightmare. That was good news for most voters, but makes the case for additional election resource funding more difficult going forward.

Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd speaks with Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz, a Green Beret and veteran of the war in Afghanistan.

Bitcoin is known to be volatile. But recently it has suffered a rash of notable losses. Analysts are looking to the amount of computing power used and the split of a rival cryptocurrency for answers.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Dnitra Landon, a GM assembly line worker at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant. She was recently told about planned layoffs by GM.

Voters in Chicago go to the polls Tuesday to select a mayor, and they've got a lot of choices. More than a dozen candidates are running to succeed Rahm Emanuel, who is stepping down after two terms.