Marc Silver

Ok, so let's start off by saying that goats don't have the greatest image when it comes to intellige...

In May 2023, NPR launched The NPR Weekly News Quiz to see if you are paying attention to ... well, e...

Are you looking for a good read for the end of the year? We editors have a few recommendations. Thes...

This is the year that the COVID-19 pandemic was declared to be no longer a global health emergency. ...

We did a lot of coverage of viruses this year (see this post) but other stories went viral as well. ...

Yes, the pandemic state of emergency is over. But that doesn't mean that SARS-CoV-2 and other threat...

I had to make a decision. Would I take my first leisure trip without my wife in ... well, it seems l...

In 2019, NPR published a story about Renee Bach, an American missionary who opened a clinic in Ugand...

The family of Jimmy Carter last week announced that the former president, a cancer survivor who had ...

This week we published a list of 9 global buzzwords that will likely be in the headlines of 2023. So...

An infant, a father, a look of exquisite tenderness on the dad's face. This is one of the heart-stir...

Dear readers, we are grateful that so many of you — millions of you — read our stories each year. An...

The third anniversary of the pandemic draws nigh. We've answered many frequently (and even infrequen...

I called a professor who specializes in sanitation to discuss World Toilet Day. He said, "You're ask...

We interviewed 8 refugees from different corners of the globe and asked: What's one precious belongi...

Goats ram! Sheep scram! That's pretty much the four-word summation of a new study looking at what ha...