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A project spearheaded by UC Berkeley researchers provides free electric appliances and solar panels to people. In exchange, researchers learn what works in an attempt to electrify on a larger scale.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with author Eric Liu, psychologist Vaile Wright and columnist Steven Petrow about constructive conversations at Thanksgiving and how to repair America's social fabric.

Teachers and administrators, already facing long hours and low pay, now find themselves under pressure from politicians, parents and even their own school districts.

The militia used tanks and armored vehicles to protest what it said was the arrest of one of its leaders.

A German company's technology will allow electric vehicles to charge while driving. Electrified wire coils can be embedded beneath the road — similar to the wireless charging stations for your phone.

Sound artist Xan Palay of Columbus, Ohio, sent us a recording that she and sound engineer Tom Harned made in 1997 of a steel-stock provider's enormous warehouse. We hear, in stereo, a large overhead crane move from one end to the other. She has used the sound in a sculpture installation.

Among the thousands of funded goals included in $286.4 billion transportation bill signed by President Bush are projects that range from being simply historical to ones that aim to solve long-standing traffic snarls. From an Erie Canal museum to bridges and highways, the money is on the way.

After his 22-year-old son Lucas died during a whitewater kayaking trip, Gil Turner took a closer look at one important piece of gear: the helmet. Turner partnered with engineering students to build a better helmet -- and change industry standards in the process.

A showcase Saturday in Pomfret, Vermont, will focus on mental health disparities for people of color and the LGBTQIA+ communities.

A group of mothers build shrines on the Arlington National Cemetery graves of their sons killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. The ribbons in the trees, photographs leaning up against the stones and wind chimes keep the memories of their sons alive.