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Under the Great Plains, there's an aquifer powering the region's agriculture system. But it's running out of water, prompting farmers in middle America to consider more environmentally friendly crops.

China manufactures about one third of everything made in the world, and its industrial power is still expanding. Economist Dan Wang talks about the implications of its growth.

China manufactures about one third of everything made in the world, and its industrial power is still expanding. Economist Dan Wang talks about the implications of its growth.

In a scathing opinion, a federal judge called the Trump administration's attempts to deport non-citizens because of their Palestinian activism a "full-throated assault on the First Amendment."

Some in Pakistan say conditions are ripe for a coup amid multiple crises. There's visceral fear in the country, where the military has long ruled. But how likely will history repeat itself?

David Holmes told impeachment investigators that he heard Gordon Sondland, the U.S. Ambassador to the E.U., tell President Trump that Ukraine's president agreed to political investigations.

Iran has released Michael White — U.S. Navy veteran who had been held there for two years — in the latest of prisoner releases that continue despite the conflict between the two countries.

The new Apple TV+ drama Severance asks what might happen if a corporation discovered how to disconnect employees' work and non-work memories.

Officials in state capitals across the U.S. are guarding against potential violence. Authorities have boarded up buildings, installed protective fencing, and called up the National Guard.

The NPR series, "Body Electric," has the results of the study into screen time, movement and better health. Follow along with the series at npr.org/bodyelectric or on the TED Radio Hour podcast feed.