The Best of NBC News

Grandmasters and upstarts are reinventing the game online, becoming its most visible ambassadors and arguably its first entertainers.

The suspected spy balloon was around four times as tall as the most recent Snoopy balloon at the Macy's parade and over twice the size of last year's Rockefeller Center Christmas tree.

Record low births in the world’s most populous nation challenge its consumption-driven growth model and raise questions about whether it can overtake the U.S. as the world’s largest economy.

Both Pfizer and Moderna are launching clinical trials to track health issues — if any — in the years following a diagnosis of vaccine-associated heart problems in teens and young adults.

In a recent Fox News interview, FBI Director Chris Wray says the agency believes that Covid-19 may have started with a laboratory leak in Wuhan, China. NBC’s Ken Dilanian has the latest.

Shared by 220, including Ste Davies, Peter Todd/mempoolfullrbf=1, Thomas Power, Luca Like, Tom Raftery

Every now and then, Adrian Ward likes to test himself against the internet’s most-used search engine. “There are times when I have the impulse to Google

«People who lean on a search engine such as Google may get the right answers but they can also end up with a wrong idea of how strong their own memory is,»

Ten people taking the medications for weight loss, diabetes or other chronic health conditions described a wide range of experiences.

Findings from the National Institutes of Health suggest that people who don't drink enough fluids could face a higher risk of disease, but some researchers aren't convinced.

Nurses attracted by talk of high wages found themselves far from home with their salaries cut at renewal time. But a series of lawsuits are pushing back.

An 11-year-old girl died this week and her father also tested positive for the H5N1 strain of bird flu. It's unclear if either case was the result of human-to-human transmission.

Following four out of five lifestyle behaviors can protect against mental decline, even in people with increased genetic risk.

Pushing the theory on to bigger platforms proved to be the key to Qanon’s spread — and the originators’ financial gain.

Many doctors see osteoarthritis as a “wear-and-tear” condition, but a large survey among long-distance runners found no increased knee or hip risks.

With gallon jugs, some college students look to take control of their drinking.

Children “don’t know about the internet,” said one creator, “... they don’t know that their images are going to live on forever."

Here’s how the country became mired in its worst crisis in over 70 years.

After a year of online yoga favoring white influencers, Desis in the industry are confronting the new landscape and reclaiming an appropriated practice.

Privacy advocates are watching the case closely, concerned that police could use reverse keyword searches to investigate people who seek information about abortions.

A contingent of people who see cryptocurrencies as akin to fraud have begun to organize. It’s a response to what they see as a crypto movement that has dominated discussion of this still-new…

Brushing a patient’s teeth is basic care that often gets skipped when hospitals are busy. Experts warn the danger of unbrushed teeth is greater than realized.