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It's been centuries since camel caravans crisscrossed Eurasia along the Silk Roads. Now historian Peter Frankopan's new book puts the fabled roads at the center of a new view of world history.

NPR's senior education correspondent offers his predictions for the big stories in K-12 and higher education.

In the '70s, Dr. Herbert Needleman made a discovery that changed how people think about lead. His work led to a ban on lead in gasoline. But as seen in Flint, Mich., lead poisoning is still a concern.

Today on Stateside: A new report from Public Sector Consultants projects Michigan will lose enough energy production for one million people in 2016. We…

Charles Bock could have chosen to write this story as an autobiography. Alice & Oliver is based on a real-life nightmare in which his wife — then a young mother — was diagnosed with leukemia.

The Michigan State University Board of Trustees have agreed to move ahead with a half billion dollar nuclear research project, even though federal funding…

Ann Arbor may soon hand out tickets for leaving a car idling. Proponents of the ordinance say car idling adds to pollution and wastes energy. The ban…

People heading to the library to pick up paper copies of federal tax forms are disappointed to find many of them aren’t there this year.The IRS is saving…

It’s warm today, but state officials are urging Michiganders who use propane to heat their homes and businesses to act now and fill their tanks.In…

There's very little data on how having a mastectomy as same-day outpatient surgery affects a woman's health. Laws in some states have restricted the use of so-called "drive by" mastectomies.