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The ELISA test can seek out the presence of hormones or viruses in a matter of minutes, replacing previous cumbersome and time-consuming methods. Co-inventor Eva Engvall, then a young graduate student in Stockholm, gave the test its name.

Serial newsmakers Taylor Swift and Elon Musk made more headlines this week, but they were also joined by goats, a helicopter and a very intriguing blurry image.

Clark says she's always looking for shortcuts in the kitchen — including ways to use fewer pans. Her latest cookbook is Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals.

A new study suggests that there's a slight increase in the risk of brain cancer and leukemia associated with CT scans for children. Experts say, in most cases, the risk doesn't not outweigh the benefit of the CT scan, but call on doctors to be more selective in ordering them. Audie Cornish talks to NPR's Rob Stein about the study.

Last year, Congress tried to make getting care for vets easier by giving them the option of going outside of VA facilities. Seems pretty simple, but making that rule work hasn't been all that easy.

Six years ago, husband-and-wife scientists used gene therapy to cure colorblindness in monkeys. Now they're trying to make it work for the millions of people with faulty color vision.

It's hard to really know what life is like for prisoners in the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. NPR's Arun Rath got a rare tour of the prison, and tells Rachel Martin what he saw.

The mallet percussionist released more than 40 albums and played on many classics of the 1960s and '70s, expanding the scope of what was possible on his instrument. He was 75.

Bob Mondello talks about the contributions of French filmmaker Alain Resnais, who died Saturday at the age of 91.

Physicians with small practices may be especially hard hit by federal regulations that aim to bring doctoring into the digital age in 2015.