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Mike (left) and Matt (right) Gragnani are 25-year-old identical twins. Together, they've been able to buy an apartment and start a business before many of their peers. Courtesy of Mike Gragnani hide caption
Millennials Might Be 'Generation Twin.' Is That A Bad Thing?
Friday
Do you want to go to the park? Mango Doucleff, of San Francisco, responds to her favorite command by perking up her ears and tilting her head. Michaeleen Doucleff/NPR hide caption
Thursday
A 40-pound tom turkey flaps his wing as Chris Conley carries him to a pen at Raymond's Turkey Farm in Methuen, Mass., on Friday. The farm raises approximately 20,000 broad-breasted white turkeys per year. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption
Tuesday
A helicopter's eye view of a new ETU, funded by USAID and built by Save the Children. Kelly McEvers/NPR hide caption
Ebola Is Changing Course In Liberia. Will The U.S. Military Adapt?
A turkey vulture makes quick work of a dead rabbit at Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline park in Oakland, Calif. Sebastian Kennerknecht/Minden/Corbis hide caption
A hand-drawn map on the wall of a rural clinic shows health workers where a woman with Ebola may be hiding. Kelly McEvers/NPR hide caption
As Ebola Pingpongs In Liberia, Cases Disappear Into The Jungle
Sunday
Why People Take Risks To Help Others: Altruism's Roots In The Brain
Mango trees would be grateful for the nutrients in human poop. Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Even cleaning a bathroom daily didn't much affect the make-up of the community of microbes living there, scientists say. Claire Eggers/NPR hide caption
Friday
Shrinking Glaciers Could Squeeze Washington's Water Supply
Environmentalist John Francis speaks about the 17 years of his life during which he never spoke a word. Andrew Heavens/Courtesy of TED hide caption
"Singing for me is sweet relief. It is the only time when I feel fluent." - Megan Washington Jean-Jacques Halans/TED hide caption
"Clouds are the most egalitarian of nature's displays 'cause we all have a great view of the sky" - Gavin Pretor-Pinney James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption
Gavin Pretor-Pinney: Why Should We Look At The Clouds More Often?
"In an age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still." -Pico Iyer Ryan Lash/TED hide caption