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Earlier this week, we made a joke about hipsters that caused an overwhelming reaction from listeners — especially on Twitter.

They met on a bridge high over the Dnieper River near Kiev, in Ukraine. They didn't want the authorities to know, and — until the video came out — nobody noticed.

Attorney Philip K. Howard argues the U.S. has become a legal minefield and we need to simplify our laws.

Health advocate Rebecca Onie describes how our health care system can be restructured to prevent — and not just treat — illness.

Legal scholar Lawrence Lessig says corruption is at the heart of American politics and issues a bipartisan call for change.

Teenage boys are still the primary users of stimulant medications to treat ADHD, but increased use by adults, particularly young women, has fueled a 36 percent rise in prescriptions in five years.

With books like Stiff and Spook, Roach has built a reputation for making unpalatable subjects entertaining. In Gulp, she tackles the human digestive system, from the mouth on down.

The Federal Railroad Administration launched an investigation after a derailment in December that killed four passengers and injured 70.

When Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie moved from Nigeria to the U.S., she was suddenly confronted with what it meant to be a person of color in America. Her novel explores race in contemporary America.

What's possibly the nerdiest documentary ever made turns out to be one of the most inspiring, too. It's the inside story of the quest for a tiny, elusive particle of matter. (Recommended.)