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The Smithsonian's first brewing historian explores everything from immigration to urbanization through the lens of beer. And with the boom in microbrewing, she says beer's story has come full circle.

Hundreds of years after George Washington first began draining the now-112,000-acre Great Dismal Swamp in southeastern Virginia, biologists are working to restore it to a more natural environment.

Germany is building Europe's biggest bicycle autobahn to connect 10 cities — and hopefully remove thousands of cars from German roads.

Ahead of July Fourth celebrations, a new NPR/ PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds an overwhelming majority of Americans believe civility between the two parties has gotten worse since November 2016.

Their work on politics, music and local issues is tolerated by the state, but can still be censored or shut down. "They are committed to expressing themselves through this format," says a Cuba expert.

Most of the 56,000 eyes sent to the little lab in Wisconsin come from vets who want help diagnosing dogs, cats and horses. But the repository also has eyes from sloths, elephant seals and dragonflies.

Some progressives and women hoped Ivanka Trump would be a moderating force on her father. But, five months into his new administration, there is limited evidence that it's working out that way.

Becky Aikman's new book is a fierce, funny chronicle of the making of Thelma & Louise — the Hollywood forces arrayed against it, and the effect it had on the industry on both sides of the camera.

The State Department guidelines for the limited travel ban allow for some family members and not others, including grandparents. Reuter's Yeganeh Torbati explains the confusion.

There's anxiety in Hong Kong over things appearing from mainland China. But the continued presence of things not found on the mainland shows there's still a gap between this and other Chinese cities.