Hidden Brain What We Say About Our Religion, And What We Do October 24, 2012 • A recent Pew survey found that an unprecedented one in five Americans now say they are not affiliated with any religious denomination. Or, looked at another way, nearly four out of five identify with an organized faith. Research also shows those Americans overstate how often they go to church by about half. What We Say About Our Religion, And What We Do Listen · 5:03 5:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/163527979/163527960" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
What We Say About Our Religion, And What We Do Listen · 5:03 5:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/163527979/163527960" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Asia Shooting Of Teenage Girl Stirs Debate In Pakistan October 16, 2012 • Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai has been airlifted to Britain after being shot in the head by the Taliban. She has been advocating for the education of girls in the Swat Valley, where the Pakistani Taliban had banned girls from going to school. Shooting Of Teenage Girl Stirs Debate In Pakistan Listen · 4:35 4:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162988690/162988673" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Shooting Of Teenage Girl Stirs Debate In Pakistan Listen · 4:35 4:35 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162988690/162988673" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Business Softbank To Buy Majority Of Sprint Nextel October 15, 2012 • Japanese mobile phone company Softbank has announced it has agreed to buy 70 percent of Sprint Nextel for $20 billion. The deal would make Sprint Nextel a tougher competitor against its bigger rivals, Verizon Wireless and AT&T. Softbank To Buy Majority Of Sprint Nextel Listen · 4:12 4:12 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162921976/162921969" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Softbank To Buy Majority Of Sprint Nextel Listen · 4:12 4:12 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162921976/162921969" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
World 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Goes To European Union October 12, 2012 • The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded its Peace Prize to the European Union — a decision that came as a surprise to many. The committee said it was an award that was long overdue, considering the E.U.'s role in advancing peace since World War II. 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Goes To European Union Listen · 4:11 4:11 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162767821/162723647" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Meningitis Scandal Linked To Compounding Pharmacy October 11, 2012 • A Meningitis outbreak occurred after a steroid drug commonly injected into people's spines to relieve back pain was apparently contaminated by an ordinary fungus. The problem shines a light on little-known and lightly regulated companies called compounding pharmacies. Meningitis Scandal Linked To Compounding Pharmacy Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162691339/162691320" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Meningitis Scandal Linked To Compounding Pharmacy Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162691339/162691320" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Research News Nobel In Chemistry Is Shared By Two Americans October 10, 2012 • Americans Robert Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in chemistry. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited the two researchers Wednesday "for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors." Nobel In Chemistry Is Shared By Two Americans Listen · 4:03 4:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162618855/162618892" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Nobel In Chemistry Is Shared By Two Americans Listen · 4:03 4:03 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162618855/162618892" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
National Sandusky Sentenced For Penn State Assaults October 9, 2012 • A Pennsylvania judge sentenced former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to between 30 and 60 years in prison for the sexual abuse of young boys. There is virtually no way he could get out of prison before he dies a natural death. Sandusky maintains he is innocent. Sandusky Sentenced For Penn State Assaults Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162566512/162566955" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Research News French And American Share Nobel Physics Prize October 9, 2012 • Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the United States have been honored for their work on the interaction between life and matter — in particular, the "fundamental interactions between light particles and matter." French And American Share Nobel Physics Prize Listen · 4:06 4:06 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162551958/162552041" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
French And American Share Nobel Physics Prize Listen · 4:06 4:06 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162551958/162552041" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Science Nobel Season Kicks Off With Medicine Prize October 8, 2012 • British researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan have won this year's Nobel Prize in medicine or physiology. They won for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed into stem cells. Nobel Season Kicks Off With Medicine Prize Listen · 4:26 4:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493670/162493707" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Nobel Season Kicks Off With Medicine Prize Listen · 4:26 4:26 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493670/162493707" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Sports Baseball's Wild-Card Winners Advance In Playoffs October 8, 2012 • Major League Baseball finished its first weekend of divisional play. A couple of teams have already been eliminated thanks to baseball's new single-elimination, wild-card round. Baseball's Wild-Card Winners Advance In Playoffs Listen · 4:00 4:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493668/162493706" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Baseball's Wild-Card Winners Advance In Playoffs Listen · 4:00 4:00 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493668/162493706" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Analysis Campaigns Make The Most Of Remaining Weeks October 8, 2012 • GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney gives a foreign policy speech Monday. Campaigning in Florida Sunday, he posed the question, "Where's American leadership?" And President Obama in L.A. poked fun at his own debate performance, and talked about falling unemployment numbers. Campaigns Make The Most Of Remaining Weeks Listen · 4:44 4:44 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493666/162493704" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Campaigns Make The Most Of Remaining Weeks Listen · 4:44 4:44 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493666/162493704" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Middle East Syria, Turkey Exchange Weekend Artillery Fire October 8, 2012 • More Syrian mortar fire hit inside Turkey, and the Turkish military responded each time with artillery fire back into northern Syria. There is a growing international chorus of calls for restraint as the cross-border fire continues, amid fears that Turkey could be dragged into the Syrian conflict. Syria, Turkey Exchange Weekend Artillery Fire Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162493660/162493653" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sports Major League Baseball To Begin Post-Season Play October 4, 2012 • The regular season ended Wednesday night, and that's when Miguel Cabrera became the 15th player to win baseball's Triple Crown. For the first time, there will be a one-game Wild Card playoff on Friday. Major League Baseball To Begin Post-Season Play Listen · 3:57 3:57 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162272406/162272503" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Major League Baseball To Begin Post-Season Play Listen · 3:57 3:57 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162272406/162272503" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Business JPMorgan Sued Over Mortgage-Backed Securities October 2, 2012 • New York's Attorney General has filed fraud charges against JPMorgan Chase. The civil complaint alleges fraud in the sale of mortgage backed securities in the run up to the 2008 financial crisis. The securities at issue were put together by Bear Stearns, but that firm collapsed and was acquired by JPMorgan. From 'Morning Edition': NPR's Jim Zarroli reports Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162132377/162135710" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Africa Increased Cases Of Polio Reported In Nigeria October 1, 2012 • Leaders from around the world are renewing their call to eradicate polio. The disease has been eradicated in all but Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Of those three countries, Nigeria is the only one reporting an increase this year in the number of cases of the disease. Increased Cases Of Polio Reported In Nigeria Listen · 3:59 3:59 Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/162071418/162071549" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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