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Scientists recently discovered a solitary bee that cuts flower petals and forms them into tiny cocoons like papier-mache. These productive little artists make a nest less than an inch long for each egg. Their unique method protects the egg, nestled in the ground, while it develops into an adult bee.

President Biden announced that the U.S. killed a top al-Qaida figure in Kabul. Aside from the political and foreign policy implications, experts say such speeches can reveal a lot more about a leader.

Nominated for helming The Power of the Dog, Campion joins Chloé Zhao and Kathryn Bigelow as the only women to win in the category. She had previously been nominated for The Piano.

It's taking more time to get nominees for financial watchdog jobs in Washington, D.C., through the confirmation process, according to a study by the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Leonard Pickel, a haunted house architect, has been designing fear factories for more than 40 years.

Pizza makers in New York are remembering Domenico "Dom" Demarco, the founder of the beloved Brooklyn pizzeria Di Fara, who has died at the age of 85.

The 10th-annual Great Backyard Bird count begins Friday. Amateur ornithologists are asked to count the number and species of birds they see during a three-day period and send their findings to a Web site run by the National Audubon Society and Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology. Miyoko Chu, a science editor from the lab, tells Liane Hansen about the count.

Research shows that sleep deprivation makes people emotionally volatile and temperamental — a fact that hasn't escaped the notice of some reality TV producers, who deny contestants sleep in an effort to kick up televised drama.

Dorsey will continue to head Square, the financial payments service. He has been criticized for leading both companies at once.

The tournament's defending champion posted a photo of himself smiling at an airport. But in Australia, some of the responses to his Twitter post were not happy ones.