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The deep ocean covers most of the planet. Gerard Barron wants his company to be the first to mine it. That's been his dream since 2001, when Barron's then-tennis partner asked him to invest in a first ...

People who have lost the ability to move or speak may soon have a new option: surgically implanted devices that link the brain to a computer. More than two decades after researchers first demonstrated ...

PARIS — A restrictive outdoor smoking ban has come into force in France, a country where café culture, which often includes a glass of wine and a cigarette, is a way of life. As of Sunday, smokers are ...

Jack Moran was born in Superior, Wisconsin, in 1925. Andrew Roth was born on the other side of the world, in Penészlek, Hungary, in 1927. Earlier this month, the two men met in Los Angeles. It was not ...

This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else. In 1990, when Karen de Boer was a ...

The number of homicides is falling dramatically nationwide. In Detroit, for instance, city officials say the number of homicides is at its lowest since 1965, and Police Chief Todd Bettison says that ...

Make your summer shine with KCRW’s Summer Nights — FREE, all-ages, outdoor parties so you can experience SoCal like never ...

Between declining alcohol consumption and increasing tariffs, Esther Mobley updates us on how California's wine industry is ...

Screenwriter Scott Z Burns’ work is wildly entertaining… while also positing frighteningly real scenarios. This is especially ...

Emmy-winning actress Mariska Hargitay takes a seat in the director’s chair for the deeply personal new documentary “My Mom ...

Mariska Hargitay on making the very personal new documentary “My Mom Jane,” screenwriter Scott Z Burns on writing with AI, ...