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Cialis, Celebrex, Ambien, Symbicort — such fanciful and evocative names! Who comes up with these? NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Gary Martin, president of a pharmaceutical naming agency.

Tucked away in boxes, deep in the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, are objects that tell the history of American education.

The West African nation of Ivory Coast borders Liberia and Guinea, two countries hit by Ebola. But it hasn't yet recorded a case, in large part because farmers are patrolling the porous borders.

The failure of a link that supplies electricity from neighboring India is suspected to have caused the massive outage on Saturday.

Some Tuscaloosa residents are upset after finding out last month they're being charged an extra fee for paying water, sewer and trash collection bills…

Some people have SAD — seasonal affective disorder — in reverse. For these people, today is the best day of the year.

Iranian officials are lashing out at a U.N. report portraying Iranians as suffering from an opaque justice system, regular oppression of women and religious persecution under President Hassan Rouhani.

A new report says that if human-produced, heat-trapping gases aren't phased out by the end of the century, there will be "severe, pervasive and irreversible" consequences.

You probably won't find these songs on the official playlists of any campaigns. But between long drives and plane rides, a reporter needs a great selection of tunes like these to keep himself sane.

A lot of money is being spent for Tuesday's midterm elections, but polls show most voters aren't paying attention. NPR's Arun Rath talks to national political correspondent Mara Liasson on what to expect.