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With new variant in the coronavirus cropping up in several states, we take a look at how viruses mutate and how those mutations can make the coronavirus more contagious.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to arts reviewer Ben Luke about how visual arts flourished during the pandemic.

College football is inching closer to the end of a tumultous year. And 2020 has been a year of firsts for women in major league sports.

Author Gretchen Rubin and Elle.com senior staff writer R. Eric Thomas join NPR to answer listener questions about making resolutions for a new and unpredictable year.

Gerald Stratford is a British gardener who's into growing big vegetables. He became an internet sensation after photos of his big veg went viral last year.

2020 will be over soon. But director Tyler Jones says it's important that we take time to honor and amplify the lessons learned during this year of racial reckoning.

Iran has exceeded some limits of the 2015 agreement in the past but this move would mark a notable step toward strengthening its nuclear capacity. The U.S. withdrew from the pact in 2018.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.The literary classic's copyright expired on the first day of 2021.

Almost 150,000 people in India have died from complications of COVID-19, behind only the U.S. and Brazil. India plans to begin inoculating its population of 1.4 billion this month.

One year after the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, NPR correspondents discuss what happened since and what Iran policy might look like under the Biden administration.