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Doctors used CRISPR to edit genes of cells inside a patient's eye, hoping to restore vision to a person blinded by a rare genetic disorder. A similar strategy might work for some brain diseases.

As the world watches the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, epidemiologists are watching simulations of that outbreak on their computers to try to predict what might happen next.

It's billed as the biggest cheese competition in the world. The best noses in the business serve as judges. One judge said when you smell the cheese, "it kinda whispers its secrets to you."

Five years ago Mendl Weinstock was annoyed at his sister's incessant talk about weddings. He said if she ever got married, he'd bring a llama. He followed through with a live llama in a custom tuxedo.

Around the world, comedians, TikTokers and public health ministries are bringing fresh style and humor to a classic form: the hygiene tutorial.

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg spent more than $500 million to wage a national campaign, starting with the 14 states that held primaries on Tuesday. He lost all of them.

NPR's Noel King talks to Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California, national co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sander's campaign, about the path forward for Sanders after he fell short of expectations on Tuesday.

The veteran jazz drummer is joined by special guests that include producer and percussionist Kassa Overall and actor Malcolm Jamal Warner, for a potent and deeply moving set.

Michele Dunne, Middle East program director at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the late Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak and the Arab Spring.

It's the 90th anniversary of Haegele's Bakery in Philadelphia, famous in part for the traditional Pennsylvania Dutch pastries — fastnacht doughnuts — it makes only for Shrove Tuesday.