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One of the final steps in preparing for a marathon is a long run. First-timers and seasoned veterans gathered in Boston to test their readiness with a 20-mile group run.

NPR's Short Wave team talks about the surprising benefits of small talk, more humane ways to kill lobsters, and an ancient flood that may have helped create the Grand Canyon.

A new type of glass frog has been discovered in Ecuador, and researchers have named it after weightlifter Neisi Dajomes, the first Ecuadorian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.

The 2026 NBA playoffs begin on Saturday. NPR's A Martinez and sports journalist Martenzie Johnson preview the postseason filled with strong championship contenders.

Pope Leo XIV condemns "tyrants" fueling war with billions. His calls for global peace during his Africa trip come amid rising tensions with President Trump.

Without qualified interpreters at doctors' offices, non-English speakers can face bad — even fatal — health outcomes. A hospital in rural Colorado is training its existing bilingual staff to address the service gap.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with James Wolff, the pseudonym of a former British intelligence officer who now writes about them in spy novels. His latest book is Spies and Other Gods.

The reduction in ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has had an outsize impact on global jet fuel supplies. Prices have doubled.

NPR's A Martinez asks global energy expert Jason Bordoff about the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, and whether Iran and other Gulf nations can find an energy export workaround.

President Trump said a second round of direct U.S.-Iran peace talks could resume in Pakistan within the next two days, even as he instituted a naval blockade of all Iranian ports.