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When we see a familiar face, we know instantly if we can remember that person's name. That's because the human brain has an ability called metamemory. Looks like rats may have that higher power, too.

Sharif served as Pakistan's prime minister three times since 1990, and now has been removed from office three times. In the country's 70-year history, no prime minister has completed a five-year term.

No president in history has done that, but some likely have contemplated it.

In the city of Detroit, after the unrest in the 1960's, the flight of many to the suburbs and the decline of businesses, many neighbors are finding a way to survive financially, through bartering.

Jinder Mahal recently shocked the wrestling world by becoming the WWE World Champion. He's the latest in a long line of foreign wrestlers offering a blunt critique of American supremacy.

The top three contenders in the crowded Republican primary include an incumbent nicknamed "Big Luther" Strange, the so-called Ten Commandments judge and a congressman who happily courts controversy.

With its famed sunshine and sea winds, Greece should be a clean energy hub. But it's been slow to abandon coal and embrace renewable energy. That's changing on one small island.

The 20-year-old University of Florida swimmer won his seventh gold medal at the FINA World Championships on Sunday. The day before, Dressel set a record all his own: three gold medals in one night.

Some employees of 32M have volunteered to have microchips implanted in them. NPR's Noel King and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor of information studies Michael Zimmer, explore the risks.

Anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Timol died in police custody. Next week, a South African Court will consider reopening investigations into police misconduct from that era.