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Petra Mayer, an editor at NPR Books, joins host Audie Cornish to talk about the latest edition the Book Concierge. It's a filterable list of great reads, recommended by NPR staff and book critics.

The Paris climate talks are said to be the best chance in 20 years to reach a global treaty. But India argues little will change unless fossil-fuel-reliant rich countries change their habits.

For the second time, the University of Texas must defend its limited use of race and ethnicity in admissions decisions.

Drug prices are a hot topic in politics. One company raised the price of a $1.50 drug to $750. Drugs to cure hepatitis C routinely cost more than $10,000 — and more for a full course of treatment.

Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.

Reports in Wired and Gizmodo pull on various threads to say they may have finally unearthed the identity of the secretive bitcoin creator. The man has drawn attention from Australian tax authorities.

A new ranking looks not just at dollars but at trade barriers, environmental impact, arms sales and openness to migrants.

The U.S. Department of Transportation will investigate whether Alabama violated civil rights law with closures and service reductions at rural driver's…

Jimmy Carter seems to have gotten the perfect drug to treat his cancer. But scientists need to understand a lot more about tumors before personalized cancer treatments are available for everyone.

The National Park Service is weighing a Texas company's proposal to do seismic oil testing in the Big Cypress National Preserve, but some worry it will open the door for fracking in the Everglades.