Category: News

From floating saunas to clinical trials: How heat might help mental health

by NPR News | Oct 5, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

While scientists have a decent understanding of how sauna and other forms of heat exposure...

Supreme Court’s new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case

by NPR News | Oct 5, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

The case centers on whether local governments can hold giant energy companies accountable for the...

Voters are increasingly using AI chatbots to fact-check and compare candidates

by NPR News | Oct 5, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

Voters are already voting in the midterms. This year, some voters are trying something new to get...

Republicans and Democrats find a unifying target: Pharmacy benefit managers

by NPR News | Oct 5, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

Republicans and Democrats, both patients and politicians, seem united in their disdain for the...

Super El Niño is here. What’s so super about it?

by NPR News | Oct 5, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

This year, federal forecasters say the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record....

Morning news brief

by NPR News | Oct 5, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

Investigators are still searching for the motive behind a midair attack aboard a FlyDubai plane, SCOTUS term begins with climate change case, Brazil’s presidential race heads to run-off.

Brazil’s presidential race heads to Lula–Bolsonaro run-off as right gains ground

by NPR News | Oct 4, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

Now there are two: Brazil heads into a runoff after a first round that failed to fully energize...

Brazil votes, with Lula facing Bolsonaro’s son

by NPR News | Oct 4, 2026 | Feeds, NPR | 0

In Brazil, President Lula da Silva faces Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president, in a tight race. If neither wins more than half the votes they’ll face each other again on Oct. 25.