Radiation risk can be measured, understood and controlled in ways that keep people safe, including from contaminated foods.

For insight into what it takes to conduct a search and rescue operation for a downed combat air crew, Amna Nawaz spoke with retired Master Sergeant Wes Bryant. He spent his career in the Air Force ...

Every other Tuesday, the team behind Civics 101 joins NHPR’s All Things Considered to talk about how our democratic institutions actually work. The U.S. is currently at war with Iran, even though ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oil prices soared to just short of $120 a barrel as the US-Israeli war against Iran continued into a second week. (Alain ...

Despite claims to the contrary, dilapidated minesweepers are not the answer. Sea mines in naval warfare are “both obscure and controversial,” as Weapons That Wait, a 1991 treatise on mine warfare, put ...

From morning routines to late-night TV, Americans move from task to task throughout their day. How they use their time looks different for older and younger adults. And across age groups, it differs ...

Two competing visions have emerged for how U.S. allies and partners should deal with a changing world order. At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum at Davos in January, Canadian Prime ...

President Donald Trump claimed that Iran essentially shutting down the Strait of Hormuz “doesn’t really affect” the United States the way it does “other countries.” It’s true that a small share of U.S ...

WASHINGTON, March 12 - The U.S. plans to release 172 million barrels of oil from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve, more than 40% of a wider release coordinated with allies, to help dampen prices spiked ...

While the U.S. war with Iran is playing out thousands of miles away, American consumers are already feeling financial ripple effects. The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend gave way to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Iranian woman walks past a mural painted on the wall of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 2009. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty ...

Teachers across the country are facing tough questions from students about events in the Middle East that unfolded on Feb. 28. The United States and Israel launched targeted attacks against Iran’s ...