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Scientists at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have trained six goldfish to drive a small fish tank on wheels around a room and steer it into a mark on the wall to receive food.

A 4 billion-year-old meteorite from Mars found decades ago contains no evidence of ancient, primitive Martian life after all, the new scientific report says. The compounds were the result of water.

The Municipal Transportation Agency texts drivers when a car is about to be towed — move it and save $500. The text also means you were ticketed, and there's no warning to save you from that fine.

Alice Sebold has produced difficult books before: The Lovely Bones centers on a 14-year-old looking down from heaven after her own rape and murder. Her latest, The Almost Moon, features a middle-aged woman who murders her ailing elderly mother.

Even when summertime seems to slow down the news, great stories continue to emerge — often at an overwhelming pace. So Steve Inskeep spoke to Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast, for some thoughts on what's worth fishing out of that river of information.

When five middle-aged women in Northern England form an amateur punk band, it's because they're fed up.

Veronika is a brown cow. Her ability to employ tools with multiple uses leaves her in the company of only two known species: humans and chimps.

Judy Blume's famous 1970 novel gets the film treatment.

Who better than to capture Barbie's existential dread than Dua Lipa? Her disco-pop number is the first single off the Barbie The Album soundtrack.

Austin Simmons, a sophomore, compiled a 5.3 GPA in his high school core classes and completed 15 college credits. He's enrolling at Ole Miss in the fall — two years early. He's also a quarterback.