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In the Netherlands, the recent murder of controversial filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by a Muslim extremist has revealed a climate of mistrust and fear between Muslims and traditional Dutch society. NPR's Sylvia Poggioli begins a five-part series on Europe as the emerging new battlefield in the struggle to define Muslim identity.

Our summer-long series of road trips continues with a visit to the Integratron, a dome built by a former aeronautical engineer intended to prolong human life using "electrostatic energy." The facility was inspired by a visitation from an extraterrestrial.

In 2010, Justin Horner was sitting on the side of the freeway, hoping someone would help him fix his blown tire. Right around the time he was about to give up, a van pulled over.

NPR's Melissa Block asks Jan van't Land of Doctors Without Borders about conditions in Idomeni, Greece, a small town where as many as 12,000 migrants are camping at the closed border with Macedonia.

Unsanctioned congressional trip comes days after Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., met with Kilmar Abrego Garcia

A manuscript in Ludwig van Beethoven's own hand was discovered in a Philadelphia seminary in July. It is expected to fetch $1.7 to $2.6 million at auction next month.

A judge in New Mexico has upheld the state's Democratic-drawn congressional map. The decision could be yet another redistricting case that affects the balance of power in the U.S. House.

In mice, monkeys and people, exercise releases a protein called cathepsin B. And as blood and brain levels of this protein rise, memory gets better. But the protein has a dark side, too.

The worm causes a debilitating intestinal disease called schistosomiasis. And the parasite is spreading rapidly because of an economic boom along the shores of East Africa's Lake Malawi.