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In an artificial intelligence breakthrough, a computer program has become the first to pass the Turing Test, according to scholars in England. Designed by Alan Turing, the test is meant to distinguish machines from humans in a series of natural language conversations. This program fooled humans into believing it was a 13-year-old boy.

Libya faces some of its most serious upheaval since the fall of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. No one knows that more than the prime minister who wasn't even in office a week before being forced out Monday.

As President Obama unveils new efforts to help college graduates with student loan debt, there's new focus on the problems that drive that debt: the cost of college and the reasons it's been skyrocketing.

With the help of grow lights and air exchange fans, NASA is growing lettuce on the International Space Station. The scheme could help keep food costs down — and keep astronauts happy tending plants.

This is part of a Valley Public Radio original series on how the health of rivers impact the health of communities produced as a project for The…

The same human characteristics that build community can also work against its well-being. As humans, we give back to those who are kind to us and we feel…

This week on Valley Writers Read, local author Randy Sibley reads his story “Elegy.” The story two American soldiers who are scrambling through the jungle…

This week on Valley Writers Read, author Burlee Vang reads his story “Polaroids of Tom.” The story is about the author's younger brother Tom who was born…

This week on Valley Writers Read we hear two stories: Kathryn Johnstone reads “Two Surgeries, One Voice” and Ed Miller reads “Done Deal.” The first story…

At a high school in Troutdale, Oregon, near Portland, authorities say one student and the gunman are dead.