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Pediatrician Namala Mkopi shares his new insights into the art of parenting and doctoring. He also tells NPR why people need to pay more attention to a disease no one likes to talk about: diarrhea.

Greater access to child care is central to Japan's "womenomics" policy. The hope is that more day care will mean more women remain in the workforce after they become mothers.

As President Obama moves ahead this week with executive action on gun control, David Greene talks to New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton about gun control measures.

While most history courses start with the beginning of human civilization, roughly 10,000 years ago, Big History starts with the Big Bang. Humans don't get mentioned until halfway into the course.

Over the weekend, armed men took over part of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon. It's the latest armed confrontation in a simmering anti-federal government movement in the rural West.

The education nonprofit that pioneered free, online tutoring and lectures is venturing into brick-and-mortar private schools. Is this the start of a two-tier Khan Academy?

Bollywood star Kriti Sanon was on a flight to New Delhi when the man seated beside her started watching a pirated copy of her new movie Dilwale. She told her seatmate he'd enjoy it more in a theater.

A federal appeals court has overturned a ruling barring a Virginia man from opening a tattoo shop in Key West, Fla. It said the city didn't show the shop would hurt tourism.

Many employers offer workers specialized insurance coverage for serious diseases, such as cancer, that kicks in with a big payment to help cover high deductibles for care.

If it didn't hashtag, did it really happen? We look back on the trendiest hashtags in global development in 2015.