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Researchers made a bunch of male fruit flies into boozehounds by pushing them on females unreceptive to their advances. The experiments showed that a brain chemical, very much like one in humans, played a key role in determining their behavior.

While religion is diminishing in Great Britain, it remains a powerful force in the U.S. British author Alain de Botton suggests that faith is intermittently too useful, effective and intelligent to be abandoned to the religious alone.

Illinois is in the worst fiscal shape of any state in the country. And that could be good news for Mitt Romney on Tuesday, when Illinois holds its primary, at least according to state Treasurer Dan Rutherford, who backs the former Massachusetts governor.

A Wisconsin recall election will go ahead as planned even though its target, one of four Republican state senators facing recalls, said Friday that she's resigning.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is suing U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius for cutting-off funding to the Texas Women’s Health…

The court said it is making the same-day audio available because of the "extraordinary public interest" in the health care cases. The legal challenges to the Obama overhaul law are to be argued for six hours over a three-day period at the end of March.

This drinking song celebrates the biochemistry of getting drunk, the hangover that ensues, and the microorganism behind it all.

The U.S. Supreme Court will make audio of the upcoming oral arguments in a healthcare case available on the same day because of the "extraordinary public interest." The cases are scheduled to be argued for six hours over a three day period at the end of March.

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman speaks with guest host Jacki Lyden about the latest developments for the soldier accused in the killing of 16 Afghan civilians.

NPR's Mike Pesca has a recap of Friday's NCAA tournament action, in rhyme.