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Trump's Nominee To Be The Next Head Of NASA Prepares For Senate Hearing

President Trump's pick for the next head of NASA, Rep. Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., will have his Senate nomination hearing on Wednesday. He's been controversial because of his views on climate change.

Trump's Nominee To Be The Next Head Of NASA Prepares For Senate Hearing

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How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading Disease

Monsoon rains flooded Mumbai in August 2017. Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can spread diseases like dengue fever. Drought has affected the health of Somalians. (From left) Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images; Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images; Arif Hudaverdi Yaman/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images hide caption

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Goats and Soda

How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading Disease

For decades, scientists have predicted how climate change will hurt people's health. Now an international team of researchers say they're already seeing some of the damage.

How Climate Change Is Already Affecting Health, Spreading Disease

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Study: CEOs Who Invest In Social Responsibility Initiatives Risk Their Jobs
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Hidden Brain

Study: CEOs Who Invest In Social Responsibility Initiatives Risk Their Jobs

A new study shows that CEOs who invest in corporate social responsibility initiatives put themselves at significant risk of losing their jobs.

Study: CEOs Who Invest In Social Responsibility Initiatives Risk Their Jobs

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Brain Patterns May Predict People At Risk Of Suicide
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Shots - Health News

Brain Patterns May Predict People At Risk Of Suicide

A computer program learned to identify people thinking about suicide by studying brain activity patterns associated with words like "death" and "trouble."

Brain Patterns May Predict People At Risk Of Suicide

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Toxic. Sour. Atomic. Why We Love To Hate Gross Candy

NPR intern Kevin Garcia endures the sour taste of Warheads hard candy. Why are we tempted by candy that pretends to be made of hazardous chemicals, that threatens to nuke our taste buds, or that dares us to be disgusted? Photo illustration by Josh Loock/NPR hide caption

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The Salt

Toxic. Sour. Atomic. Why We Love To Hate Gross Candy

Candy is supposed to be sweet and delicious. So why are we tempted by candy that pretends to be made of hazardous chemicals, that threatens to nuke our tastebuds, or that dares us to be disgusted?

How Tariffs Could Help And Hurt The Solar Industry

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Environment And Energy Collaborative

How Tariffs Could Help And Hurt The Solar Industry

The U.S. solar industry is bracing for possible tariffs or quotas on imported solar panels. Such action could have very different consequences on different parts of the industry.

How Tariffs Could Help And Hurt The Solar Industry

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Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids?
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Shots - Health News

Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids?

Talking to a device that talks back can be entertaining and educational for children. But psychologists say children can develop relationships with these devices that can be different than adults.

Alexa, Are You Safe For My Kids?

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Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands

The Mexican long-tongued bat is one of the species that pollinates agave, but its ecosystem is being disrupted by large-scale, cheaper methods of making tequila. Merlin Tuttle/Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation hide caption

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The Salt

Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands

As the tequila industry surges, the early harvesting and cloning of agave are disrupting the ecosystem of some species — leading some groups to go to bat for the hardworking nighttime pollinators.

Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands

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'Hidden No More': Encouraging Girls To Pursue STEM

NPR's Melissa Block talks to Persis Mbangsi, a chemical engineer in Cameroon, about coming to the U.S. to participate in a State Department program inspired by the film Hidden Figures.

'Hidden No More': Encouraging Girls To Pursue STEM

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Animals

Who Says You Can't Train A Cat? A Book Of Tips For Feline-Human Harmony

Fresh Air

Feline behavior specialist Sarah Ellis explains how you can train your kitty to come on command, take medicine and stop waking you up in the middle of the night. Originally broadcast Sept. 12, 2016.

Who Says You Can't Train A Cat? A Book Of Tips For Feline-Human Harmony

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Megan Phelps-Roper: If You're Raised To Hate, Can You Reverse It?

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TED Radio Hour

Megan Phelps-Roper: If You're Raised To Hate, Can You Reverse It?

Megan Phelps-Roper grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church, which preaches a message of hate and fear. But after engaging with her critics--on Twitter, no less--she decided to leave the church.

Megan Phelps-Roper: If You're Raised To Hate, Can You Reverse It?

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National

South Florida Worries About Possible Dike Failure

WLRN 91.3 FM

All is not well with Lake Okeechobee in south Florida. All the water is being held back by a troubled earthen dike that surrounds the lake. After strong storms, there's concern it could collapse.

South Florida Worries About Possible Dike Failure

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We're Not As Good At Remembering Faces As We Think We Are

Shankar Vedantam, NPR's social science correspondent and host of the Hidden Brain podcast, explains why some of us are really good at recognizing faces and others are not. John Lamb/Getty Images hide caption

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Hidden Brain

We're Not As Good At Remembering Faces As We Think We Are

Being able to recognize faces is a crucial part of life. Some of us are very good or bad at it, but in general we aren't as good as we think we are.

We're Not As Good At Remembering Faces As We Think We Are

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