This year, there was some economic good news to go around. Inflation generally ticked down. Unemployment more or less held ...

In the early 20th century, a blight fungus wiped out most of the 4 billion American chestnut trees on the eastern seaboard.

Norway is the largest exporter of salmon in the world. And while some of those fish are wild-caught, many are raised in "fish ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Martin Cheek, a conservation botanist for the Royal Botanic Gardens, about new plant and fungus species he and his colleagues discovered this year.

American Airlines did not have a good start to its Christmas Eve. A "technical issue" led to the temporary grounding of hundreds of flights on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Short duration strikes are starting to become the norm. They mean a lot less financial pain for the workers, but they don't have same kind of leverage as an indefinite work stoppage.

Starbucks' union says workers are walking off the job at some 300 — out of over 10,000 — stores across the U.S. as contract negotiations falter. The company urges it to return to the bargaining table.

American Airlines passengers across the U.S. endured a sudden disruption of service on Christmas Eve as a "technical issue" ...

Generative AI is making it easier for fraudsters to dupe people, now more than ever. Protect yourself from scams this holiday season with these five tips.

The two major Japanese automakers are discussing a merger. Here is what to know, from the reasons why they are doing this to ...

Happy Holidays from The Indicator! For the next week, we're running some of our favorite shows from this year. On today's show, we fire up the gas logs and pour a mug of cocoa to discuss the ...

2023 was a chart-topper. A surge in global temperatures made it the hottest year since record-keeping began in the mid-1800s, ...