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Scientists meeting in San Francisco issue their 2016 report card. "The Arctic as a whole is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet," one says, and it is getting progressively worse.

Typically, when insect females evolve to become larger than males, it's in order to produce more offspring. But female orchid mantises evolved to look like flowers for a sinister reason: to hunt prey.

Ligon, a co-founder of the influential group the Mighty Clouds of Joy, died Sunday. He was part of a movement toward contemporary gospel, which incorporated elements of R&B and pop.

NASA engineers are trying to figure out why a part of the rover's robotic arm keeps stalling just as it's about to drill into Martian rock.

The Republican governor decided the time-limit measure is more likely to withstand legal challenges than a separate bill tied to sounds from the fetus.

New research ranks state Head Start programs on measures like teacher pay and the percent of eligible children who are enrolled.

David Greene talks to Christine Todd Whitman, who led the EPA in the George W. Bush administration. Whitman is concerned about Trump's pick for the EPA, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt.

An agreement has been reached to evacuate Syrian civilians from rebel-held parts of Aleppo, but there are conflicting reports on whether the evacuations have begun.

Steve Inskeep talks to commentator and columnist Cokie Roberts about the electoral college — and why she thinks its existence remains valuable.

Whether Trump ultimately follows his team of hotspurs or uses them as heat shields as he negotiates a new reality, he sees them all as serving his purpose — not the other way around.