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This doesn't look like your trusty potato battery: a prototype device made by scientists at the University of Maryland uses wood fibers coated with carbon nanotubes to create an electric current.

A billion people worldwide live in slums, largely invisible to city services and governments — but not to satellites. A global movement is putting mapping technology in the hands of slum dwellers to persuade governments and the residents themselves to see these shadow cities in a whole new light. NPR's Gregory Warner visits one slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Family and friends gathered Friday to remember Kaylin Gillis, the 20-year-old Saratoga County woman who was killed last weekend when the car she was riding in turned down the wrong driveway while looking for a friend's house in the rural Washington County Town of Hebron.

National Hurricane Center data for New York City shows development happening in at-risk areas, even as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.

The historically Black Penumbra Theatre has received millions in grants to remake itself into a center for racial healing. What will its choices reveal about regional theater's future?

The conspiracy theory claims global elites plot to hoard the world's wealth and resources, leaving the rest of the planet to starve — and it's gaining traction in Moscow amid the Ukraine war.

An Argentinian photographer documented her experience during her breast cancer treatment, reflecting on the impact of the diagnosis for womanhood and her connection to photography.

State lawmakers, at the request of Gov. Kathy Hochul, passed another extender to take the state through Friday.

Conservationists say a sustainable fishing program has helped the recovery of the local pirarucu — which can be up to 10-feet long and weigh 450 pounds.

In Peckham, about a 30-minute drive from the center of London, many people were going about their weekend as usual. While they're sad about the queen's death, they see it as an opportunity for reform.