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SpaceX Readies For Key Test Of Capsule Built To Carry Astronauts Into Space

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SpaceX Readies For Key Test Of Capsule Built To Carry Astronauts Into Space

For years, NASA has had to rely on Russian vehicles to get astronauts to the International Space Station. That could soon change if the flight test of SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule succeeds.

SpaceX Readies For Key Test Of Capsule Built To Carry Astronauts Into Space

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Will An Appeals Court Make The EPA Ban A Pesticide Linked To Serious Health Risks?

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Will An Appeals Court Make The EPA Ban A Pesticide Linked To Serious Health Risks?

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Chlorpyrifos has been linked to developmental delays in kids and other health problems. The EPA is fighting a lower court's ruling that it must ban the pesticide, which farmers say they need.

Will An Appeals Court Make The EPA Ban A Pesticide Linked To Serious Health Risks?

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Double-Booked Surgeons: Study Raises Safety Questions For High-Risk Patients

The common practice of double-booking a lead surgeon's time and letting junior physicians supervise and complete some parts of a surgery is safe for most patients, a study of more than 60,000 operations finds. But there may be a small added risk for a subset of patients. Ian Lishman/Getty Images hide caption

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Double-Booked Surgeons: Study Raises Safety Questions For High-Risk Patients

Most patients do fine, research suggests, when the lead surgeon steps away to begin another procedure. But patients who are older or have underlying medical conditions sometimes fare worse.

The Daring Rescue Of A Rare, Elusive Bat

Hosts Mary Louise Kelly and Ari Shapiro tell the story of a rare bat found trapped in the Museum of English Rural Life, and its rehabilitation by a bat-loving museum volunteer.

The Daring Rescue Of A Rare, Elusive Bat

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Better Than Cash: How Awards Can Shape Our Behavior

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Better Than Cash: How Awards Can Shape Our Behavior

Our modern world is saturated with awards. From elementary school classrooms to Hollywood to the hallways of academia, there's no shortage of prizes — and people who covet them. Yet we rarely stop to ask, do they work? We pose that question to economist Bruno Frey, who argues that awards can have a powerful, positive effect on our behavior — but only if they're designed well.

Better Than Cash: How Awards Can Shape Our Behavior

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Greener Childhood Associated With Happier Adulthood

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Greener Childhood Associated With Happier Adulthood

Research suggests the more of your childhood that is spent surrounded by green spaces, the lower your risk of developing mental illness in adulthood, whether in the city or the country.

On Eve Of 2nd Trump-Kim Summit, Is North Korean Reactor Producing Plutonium?
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On Eve Of 2nd Trump-Kim Summit, Is North Korean Reactor Producing Plutonium?

Days before President Trump and Kim Jong Un are to meet in Vietnam, satellite images show no river ice downstream from the key North Korean facility at Yongbyon — a sign the reactor may be running.

On Eve Of 2nd Trump-Kim Summit, Is North Korean Reactor Producing Plutonium?

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Author Bob Berman On 'Hazards To Life In Our Universe'

It's scary out there: violent supernovas, biological mayhem and nuclear meltdowns. Lulu Garcia-Navarro with author Bob Berman about hazards to life in the universe and his book, Earth-Shattering.

Author Bob Berman On 'Hazards To Life In Our Universe'

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Saving The Gulf Of Mexico's Oysters

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Oysters in the Gulf of Mexico are not doing well. Millions have died off and efforts to bring them back in some areas haven't worked so far. So biologists in Alabama are trying something different.

Saving The Gulf Of Mexico's Oysters

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