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A Farmer's Tale And Other Health Care Stories
Rick Bartlett was floored when his son Trevor wanted to come home and work on the family orchard in Richmond, Mass. But the reality is, health insurance is forcing Trevor off his familys farm. An NPR/Robert Krulwich/Everynone Production
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NPR Science: There's A Fly In My Urinal | Krulwich Wonders | NPR
As gentlemen may have noticed, flies are turning up in urinals with increased frequency. Not real ones, but lifelike images carefully positioned in the porcelain bowl. It seems the very presence of this insect drastically reduces what's...
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NPR Science: Sperm Of A Feather Flock Together
In deer mice, multiple males will often mate with one female, sometimes within minutes of each other. To increase their chances of reaching the egg, each male's sperm will cluster together with their own kind, allowing them to swim...
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NPR Science: The Bare Truth About Running
Researchers say that people who learned to run barefoot put less stress on their feet and legs than their shod peers. And it's more energy efficient, too. Barefoot is, after all, the natural way to run. Credit: Jason Orfanon, Christopher...
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David Gilkey - Photographing Haiti
NPR's David Gilkey traveled to Haiti just after the earthquake left the capital in ruins. Back in D.C., he reflects on his experiences photographing amid the wreckage.
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Why Does Time Fly By As You Get Older? | Krulwich Wonders | NPR
Every New Year's, Christmas and birthday seems to come round faster every year. But why is it that we feel time goes by faster as we get older? In celebration of early memories, Maggie Starbard, with a bunch of friends (Caitlin Fitch,...
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A Mother's Tale And Other Health Care Stories
Otis and Angela Prugal have managed for the most part to raise their young family without the security net of health insurance. But Angela had to skip a lot of medical care during her last pregnancy with a brutal outcome. An NPR/Robert...
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A Supervisor's Tale And Other Health Care Stories
One day, Stan Comoras tripped over his own feet, and was pretty sure his life would be over in minutes. He had fallen on a saw, cutting open an artery in his face. As blood gushed, a lot went through his mind. But guess what didnt. An...
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A Locksmith's Tale And Other Health Care Stories
Lou Padilla doesnt consider himself a locksmith. He considers himself a lock expert. Hes pretty good at fixing things, so when he broke his ankle a few years back, he decided to set it himself. His wife called him a knucklehead. But he...
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Afghanistan's "Lucky Dustoff" Medevac
In October, NPR photographer David Gilkey spent a few weeks with the Army Medevac team known as Lucky Dustoff." They are members of the Armys 82nd Airborne Division, currently deployed in the southern region of Afghanistan, in Zabul...
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Ants That Count! | Krulwich Wonders | NPR
Desert ants have a nifty way of finding their way back home after a foray out of the nest to find food -- they count their steps. To prove it, some scientists devised a creative experiment that showed just how the little guys do it....
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On The Road To Safety
In the past 40 years cars have gotten safer, and highway deaths have dropped as well. But as new technologies emerge, so do new risks. Are we on the road to greater safety? Or have we sped past the era of declining fatalities?
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Roger Deakins' Favorite Scenes : The Shawshank Redemption
Cinematographer Roger Deakins talks with NPR's Melissa Block about one of his favorite scenes from the movie, "The Shawshank Redemption". See the full story on npr.org.
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Roger Deakins' Favorite Scenes : No Country for Old Men.
Cinematographer Roger Deakins talks with NPR's Melissa Block about one of his favorite scenes from the movie "No Country for Old Men". See the full story on npr.org.
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DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life
In the 1950s, photography was hardly considered art. If you wanted to be taken seriously as a photographer, you snapped mountains and models -- not your neighbors. It also helped to be white. But Roy DeCarava, who died Oct. 27 at the age...
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A Widow Paints A Health Care Protest
As Congress debates health care overhaul, Regina Holliday is using her paintbrush to take on the current medical system. Her 50-foot-long mural depicts the problems her family encountered while her husband was fighting stage IV kidney...
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NPR Video Sessions: Alex Cuba
Singer/songwriter Alex Cuba brings his smooth voice and intoxicating rhythms to NPR headquarters in Washington. He performs his song "Si Pero No" solo on acoustic guitar.
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The WonderScope Challenge
NPR wants to see science through your eyes. Whether it's video, photography, animation or a finger-puppet show, we're challenging you to bring sciency stuff to life. We give you a topic, and you show us what you've got. Deadline for...
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Flu Attack! How A Virus Invades Your Body | Krulwich Wonders | NPR
When you get the flu, viruses turn your cells into tiny factories that help spread the disease. Subscribe to NPR! http://bit.ly/NPRsubscribe In this animation, NPR's Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explain how a flu...
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A Life Under Medicaid
When Gracie Scarrow, 94, was diagnosed with congestive heart failure she didn't have the money to pay for the care she needed. With her daughter Lela's help, Gracie turned to Medicaid. The program pays for her nursing home, and they...
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Jousting in America
Modern knights -- clad in armor, lances ready -- are working to keep an medieval sport from going extinct.
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Underinsured In America
Martha and Jim Martin work five part-time jobs, but still can't afford health insurance. Last year the Martins spent 45 percent of their $44,500 income on health insurance premiums and medical bills
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(HD) The Amazon Road: Paving Paradise For Progress?
A transcontinental highway under construction in Peru and Brazil is bringing the prospects of economic opportunity and environmental ruin to some of the most remote places on the planet. NPR correspondent Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and staff...
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The Amazon Road, Paving Paradise For Progress?
A look at the Interoceanic Highway; carving a path from Brazil's coastline, through Peru, to the Pacific. Are its economic benefits worth the environmental costs? NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro and John Poole travel the road to find...