Avery Keatley

Billions of people around the world voted in elections across more than 60 countries this past year. The results provide an assessment of the state of electoral democracy on a global level.

Learning a new skill as an adult can be daunting, especially something as difficult as gymnastics. One adult gymnastics class shows there are serious benefits to adult learning.

Ted Chiang was recently awarded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's prize for short story excellence. He sat down with NPR to talk about AI, making art and grappling with big ideas.

Science fiction author Ted Chiang wrote the short story that became the movie "Arrival." He talks with host Scott Detrow.

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

We have a lot of labels for Leonardo da Vinci but a new documentary seeks to understand him as a person.

NPR's Scott Detrow continues his interview with journalist Bob Woodward about his book War, which details how the Biden administration has navigated Russia's war with Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with legendary journalist Bob Woodward, whose new book War -- like so many of his books about the American presidency over the last half century - is generating headlines.