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Well known by rock climbers, Devil's Thumb stands about 9,000 feet high over the Gulf of Alaska. One man has spent much of his life trying to reach its summit.

Known by rock climbers, Devil's Thumb stands about 9,000 feet high over the Gulf of Alaska. One man keeps trying to reach its summit. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on Sept. 9, 2023.)

The number of people seeking jobless benefits shot up again last week, as 6.6 million more of the unemployed filed first-time claims. Much of the economy has shut down, leaving millions out of work.

A new report shows tuberculosis was one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide in 2015, and that the United Nations health body is not on track to meet its goals for reducing deaths from the disease.

A group of scientists is embarking on a bold plan to better understand an extremely understudied part of the rapidly warming Arctic — the central Arctic Ocean.

President Trump delivers his third State of the Union address tonight, aiming to break through the cloud of impeachment that has hung over his agenda and deliver an optimistic message to 2020 voters.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Dr. Barbara Ziv, the forensic psychiatrist who testified at the retrial of Bill Cosby, about the focus that the prosecution put on educating the jury about common misconceptions around rape.

An extensive NPR and Frontline investigation finds that government data showed that thousands of miners were exposed to toxic dust. And despite multiple warnings, regulators didn't act to stop it.

Employing science's methodology is key — as it's the best antidote we have to the very human propensity to turn something we want to believe into a reality, says astrophysicist Marcelo Gleiser.

SFMOMA's 'Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again' sheds light on a career that's far more than soup cans.