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Inspired By A Fungus, Inventor Creates Biodegradable Packaging | Joe's Big Idea | NPR
This video is from the Joe’s Big Idea series Changing The World One Invention At A Time. Check out the entire series at https://n.pr/2U6iwXU. • Read "Inventor Inspired By Childhood Memories Of Fungus" at https://n.pr/2R77Q9M....
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A Solar-Powered Step In The Fight Against Water Scarcity | Joe's Big Idea | NPR
This video is from the Joe’s Big Idea series Changing The World One Invention At A Time. Check out the entire series at https://n.pr/2U6iwXU. • Read "WATCH: This Device Pulls Clean Water Out Of Desert Air" at https://n.pr/2oEfZYC...
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Teens On Guns in America | NPR
On Feb. 14, 2018, a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. In the aftermath, led first by students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, teenagers around the country initiated an unprecedented wave of...
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Locusts: Their Destructive Capacity, Our Sense of Self | NPR | Invisibilia
We’re not the only ones who have a range of versions of ourselves. Learn how scientists got the bottom of the mystery of swarming locusts plagues. • Read VIDEO: Locusts: What Their Destructive Capacity Says About Our Sense of Self at...
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How Do You Get A Presidential Pardon? | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
A presidential pardon can't be stopped, blocked, vetoed or overturned. So where does this power come from? And is there any limit to it? President Trump says he has the “absolute right” to pardon himself (though he says he wouldn’t need...
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Four Fancy Meals You Can Make With Bugs | Foraging | NPR
Culinary alchemist Pascal Baudar demonstrates how to make four fancy dishes using wild ingredients found in nature, including insects. The first insect that Pascal Baudar ever tried eating was an ant he found in his kitchen. The verdict?...
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Muslim Trump Voters Reflect On Travel Ban | NPR
Three Muslim-American voters from Detroit describe how their 2016 support for President Trump has evolved in light of his travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries. Hear the Morning Edition story at https://n.pr/2DgOGeS...
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NFL Protests Stir Culture War For Voters In Southeastern Texas | NPR
By weighing in on the NFL protests, President Trump transformed football fields across America into the frontlines of a culture war. Three Texans explain how the debate will inform their votes. - Hear the Morning Edition story at...
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Tariffs Create Tension For Factory Workers Who Supported Trump | NPR
President Trump's steel tariffs may force America's largest nail manufacturer out of business. Despite an uncertain future, many factory workers there say they still support the president. • Read more here "As Elections Loom, Workers In...
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How To Find Your Own Seafood | The Salt | NPR
Mussels, clams and a monkeyface eel, oh my! The Sea Forager, Kirk Lombard, shows us how to sustainably forage and eat wild animals found on the Northern California coast. • Read "VIDEO: Watch The Sea Forager Sustainably Harvest The...
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In Prison, Discipline Comes Down Hardest On Women | Let's Talk | NPR
The population of women in prison has risen 700% since 1980, yet women going to prison are entering an institution built to control men. One result is that women in prison get disciplined more than men. NPR’s Joseph Shapiro investigates...
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How Physics And Design Make Some Bullets More Destructive Than Others | Let's Talk | NPR
Not all bullets are created equal. Even rounds that look similar, or are similar in size, can cause dramatically different wounds. We explore the science behind how speed, mass and shape can make some bullets more destructive than...
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So, You Want To Impeach The President | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
No President of the United States has ever been removed from office by impeachment. http://bit.ly/NPRsubscribe But it’s hard to watch the news these days without hearing the word. So what does it actually take to impeach a president? In...
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The Power of Expectations | Invisibilia | NPR
In this beautiful animation from Invisibilia’s season one episode “How to Become Batman,” the show explores whether your private thoughts and expectations can influence how well a rat runs a maze, and how those expectations can have a...
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Eating Dandelions | The Salt | NPR
Dandelions are much more than just unwanted weeds, according to expert forager and nutritionist Debbie Naha—they make a delicious (and nutritious) snack. Naha took us foraging for dandelions at Little Buffalo State Park in Newport, Pa....
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Is Your Personality Fixed, Or Can You Change Who You Are? | Invisibilia | NPR
The marshmallow test became the poster child for the idea that there are specific personality traits that are stable and consistent. And this drives Walter Mischel crazy. "That iconic story is upside-down wrong," Mischel says. "That your...
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Why America Re-elects A Congress It Hates | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
Americans don't like Congress, so why do we keep re-electing the same people? Subscribe to NPR - http://bit.ly/NPRsubscribe People in Washington talk a lot about a president’s approval rating. But you don’t hear much about the approval...
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The Pledge of Allegiance Was Written to Sell Magazines | Let's Talk | NPR
A true American tale about how the need to sell more magazines Subscribe to NPR - http://bit.ly/NPRsubscribe EDITOR'S NOTE: Francis Bellamy’s first draft of the pledge did not include the word “to” before "the Republic.” He added “to”...
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How Superbugs Could Mean The End Of Antibiotics | Let's Talk | NPR
Easy global access to antibiotics is raising the risk of drug-resistant superbugs. Subscribe to NPR - http://bit.ly/NPRsubscribe ------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to NPR on YouTube:...
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The Evolution Of Parenting | Goats & Soda | NPR
The real secret to humans' success? It might have a lot to do with how we raised our kids. • Read or listen to: "Why Grandmothers May Hold The Key To Human Evolution" at...
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In 1968, Poor Americans Came To D.C. To Protest, Some By Mule
Fifty years ago photographer and folklorist Roland Freeman hitched his hopes to a humble caravan of mule-driven wagons. He hadn't gone to school for photography, but Freeman was inspired by the courage of the civil rights activists on...
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How To Find Morels | The Salt | NPR
Tips and tricks on how to find the elusive morel mushroom with expert forager and morel hunter, Nick Spero. Read more: https://n.pr/2xzvHKv ------------------------------------------------------ Subscribe to NPR on YouTube:...
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Unwritten Rules of Congress | Ron's Office Hours | NPR
Congress has many rules and precedents that are documented on paper. But what about those traditions and folkways that persist unwritten? • Read "If A Rule Is Unwritten, Is It Really A Rule?" at https://n.pr/2EClZFA...
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‘Near Miss’ Mothers: The Risk of Childbirth in America | NPR
Over the past year, NPR and ProPublica have been investigating why American mothers die in childbirth at a far higher rate than in any other developed country. In the course of our reporting, another disturbing statistic emerged: for...