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Two different brain circuits help regulate salt intake, according to a study in the journal Cell. One adjusts salt cravings, the other determines whether we find salty food delicious or disgusting.

This summer has seen a sharp increase in the number of Russian oil tankers shuttling crude to ports in China via Polar waters. Climate change means there's less ice for the vessels to navigate.

Women who are subject to unwanted attention and harassment on the beaches of southern France this summer are experimenting with a new app which summons police.

California's lawsuit against Exxon Mobil throws plastic recycling into doubt. We look at what the consumer should do.

Most Americans frequently use federal science information. But few are concerned that cuts to federal science spending could affect their access to such information, a new poll finds.

Propelled by the jet stream, Flight BA112 topped a ground speed of 800 mph, by one expert's estimate. It traveled from New York's JFK to London's Heathrow in 4 hours, 56 minutes overnight Saturday.

This is the second Olympics to feature surfing, but it's the first time competitors are riding waves that are a matter of "life or death," according to professional big wave surfer Garrett McNamara.

A new national marine sanctuary is being established off the California coast. The Biden administration plans to manage it with the indigenous groups that fought for years to create it.

A polar bear in a zoo, a hotel balcony overlooking elephants, a tree mural shrouded by haze: They're images from the new book The Anthropocene Illusion, about the way humans are remaking Earth.

Nadine Gordimer has written about the agonies of apartheid in her novels and short stories. She died Sunday at the age of 90. In 1989, she spoke with Terry Gross during a visit to the U.S.