For most of human existence, listening was closely tied to moments that carried meaning, emotion or survival. Nature supplied the backdrop – wind, water, animals – and music surfaced in hunting ...

This American Heart Month is a time to spread awareness about heart health and diagnoses that can be easy to miss. One of those diagnoses is Atrial Fibrillation.

One initial treatment is a cardioversion, which involves using a defibrillator to deliver an electric shock to the heart to ...

Last weekend, I went to my hometown of Morgantown, West Virginia, and I attended Sunday morning services at my mother’s old church, St. Thomas à Becket Episcopal Church. I hadn’t visited in a few ...

World Cafe is kicking off another Sense of Place series this week. Our latest destination may only be a short train ride away from our Philadelphia headquarters, but Baltimore is a city like no other.

Discover What’s Streaming On: Savannah Guthrie stopped by The Today Show to share a some positive news after she recently stepped away from the NBC talk show to undergo vocal surgery. Guthrie appeared ...

Social media posts warning of "exploding trees" in subzero temperatures are mischaracterizing a phenomenon known as frost cracks. Frost cracks form when water inside trees freezes and expands. As a ...

new video loaded: The Sounds of Antarctica? Flying in the Cold? Your Questions, Answered transcript Is it hard to fly a helicopter in the Antarctic cold? What do penguins sound like? How about the ...

Cowbirds are famous for their remarkable song, a bubbling, liquid sound often compared to water droplets splashing into a pond. Now, scientists have uncovered how these birds pull off this acoustic ...

This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. The historian Rob Boddice sat cross-legged on his couch in Montreal on a frigid day last winter and conjured ...