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The pangolin, a shy, scaly animal resembling an anteater, is being hunted into extinction, conservationists say. New efforts are underway to protect this exotic creature.

Best of Enemies chronicles the 1968 debates between conservative editor William F. Buckley and liberal novelist Gore Vidal. Critic John Powers weighs in on the legacy of their verbal crossfire.

A summer program at Rice University aims to get more women working in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM for short.

The fossilized specimens of an ancient aquatic plant called Montsechia vidalii were discovered in the Pyrenees in Spain.

As it happens every few years, the U.S. tradition of jus soli is back in the spotlight. Some Republican presidential candidates want to end the practice, which would take a constitutional amendment.

On this week's All Songs, Bob returns from vacation a (somewhat) changed man, and he and Robin find music that they say "hits them just right."

Fogle also is expected to plead guilty to distributing and receiving child pornography. Fogle faces two federal charges that together could carry up to 50 years in prison.

A sinkhole engulfed a sleeping Florida man in 2013, and he was never seen again. Today, a new sinkhole has formed in the very same place.

Our women's Planet Money T-shirt got to you thanks to an overlooked innovation that's essential to the modern global economy. The innovation: a big, metal box.

The Jaffna library once held irreplaceable, ancient manuscripts, lost when it was torched in 1981. Fully restored, the beloved landmark today is filled with readers.