Rates of anxiety and depression among teens in the U.S. have been rising for years. According to one study, nearly one in three adolescents (ages 13-18) now meets the criteria for an anxiety disorder, and in the latest results from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 32 percent of teens

Didier Tass, behind the counter of his butcher shop, says he purchases meat from small farmers who raise cows and butcher them humanely and in small quantities. Eleanor Beardsley/NPR hide caption toggle caption Eleanor Beardsley/NPR Didier Tass, behind the counter of his butcher shop, says he purchases meat from small farmers who raise cows and

The 12 members of the Wild Boar soccer team and their coach who were trapped in a cave together for two weeks are giving a news conference on Wednesday, as they prepare to return to their homes from a hospital in northern Thailand. The boys looked to be in good health as they approached the

During a 2013 trip to South Africa, then-President Obama looks out the window from the cell where Nelson Mandela was once jailed on Robben Island. Obama is giving a major speech Tuesday. Wednesday would have been Mandela’s 100th birthday. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images During a 2013 trip to South

Actor Wu Lei and actress Zhang Yishang attend a media conference for the film Asura in January in Beijing. VCG/VCG via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption VCG/VCG via Getty Images Actor Wu Lei and actress Zhang Yishang attend a media conference for the film Asura in January in Beijing. VCG/VCG via Getty Images Asura,

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Can’t cool off this summer? Heat waves can slow us down in ways we may not realize. New research suggests heat stress can muddle our thinking, making simple math a little harder to do. “There’s evidence that our brains are susceptible to temperature abnormalities,” says Joe Allen, co-director of the Center for Climate, Health and

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Do you remember the day you decided you were no good at math? Or maybe you had the less common, opposite experience: a moment of math excitement that hooked you for good? Thousands of studies have been published that touch on the topic of “math anxiety.” Overwhelming fear of math, regardless of one’s actual aptitude,

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Remember acid rain? In the 1970s and ’80s, scientists found that rain 100 times more acidic than normal was harming the mountain forests of New England. The pollution was linked to fossil fuel plants in the Midwest. Now, a new study shows red spruce trees are recovering after decades of damage. From

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Before there was the talk, the conversation black parents have quietly had with their sons about how to avoid violent or upsetting encounters with police, there was the talk about Emmett Till. Emmett Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was visiting family in Mississippi in 1955, when a white woman

Scientists say, the iceberg is unstable, and could be a threat to the village nearby. KARL PETERSEN/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption KARL PETERSEN/AFP/Getty Images Scientists say, the iceberg is unstable, and could be a threat to the village nearby. KARL PETERSEN/AFP/Getty Images The photographs are stunning: a giant mountain of ice towers over a