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Ted Scambos has been keeping an anxious eye on Antarctica's massive ice sheets, watching for signs that they could be melting. His colleague Mark Serreze is watching ice at the other pole. They've come up with the same finding: The planet's ice is in jeopardy.

Tutoring is a $4 billion business, and that figure is going up. Once an upper-class phenomenon, tutoring is spreading, thanks to competitive pressures and the No Child Left Behind law. And some children even find the extra lessons enjoyable.

The past 10 years have brought a surge of young women into the nation's juvenile justice system. In Part 2 of the series Girls and the Juvenile Justice System, NPR's Michele Norris visits a Boston detention center, originally designed to house delinquent boys, now struggling to cope with a new population of girls.

One comes from a line of New Orleans piano geniuses. Another comes from New York's downtown scene. They bonded over old jazz, and together, inject modern twists into early repertoire.

The Puerto Rican alto saxophonist and composer's new album explores national identity through spoken word and music. He brings that music to life at the Newport Jazz Festival, joined by his big band.

After decades off the scene, the old-school virtuoso pianist and singer is re-establishing himself in New York. Every week, he welcomes guest performers to one of the city's smallest rooms.

Experts estimate that nearly half of Boston adults are overweight. The numbers are the similar for most U.S. cities, partly because urban centers are designed to get cars moving, not people. Now, as Madge Kaplan reports from member station WGBH, Boston health activists are eyeing the land opened up by a brand new highway -- with calories in mind.

Genetic tests can spell out an individual's risk of certain diseases. But when there is no cure, making the decision to learn one's genetic heritage is complex. NPR's Joe Palca talks with a Columbia University scientist about the choice she made when faced with the genetic test for Huntington's disease.

As many as 20,000 people shed their clothes in the early morning hours in the center of Mexico City this week to pose for a giant naked photograph — all in the name of art.

Lois Lerner has been at the center of a scandal over the tax agency's targeting of conservative groups.