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Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. Hosted by Meg Wolitzer.
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Selected Shorts

Our greatest actors transport us through the magic of fiction, one short story at a time. Sometimes funny. Always moving. Selected Shorts connects you to the world with a rich diversity of voices from literature, film, theater, and comedy. Hosted by Meg Wolitzer.

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Genetics researcher He Jiankui said his lab considered ethical issues before deciding to proceed with DNA editing of human embryos to create twin girls with a modification to reduce their risk of HIV infection. Critics say the experiment was premature. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
NPR
Science

Chinese scientist says he’s first to create genetically modified babies using CRISPR

For the first time, a scientist claims to have used a powerful new gene-editing technique to create genetically modified human babies.

7 years ago

An artist's depiction of InSight — short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport. The spacecraft has been designed to give Mars its first thorough checkup since the red planet formed, about 4.5 billion years ago.
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NPR
Science

NASA probe lands safely on Martian surface

NASA's InSight probe landed successfully on Mars today at shortly before 3 p.m. ET.

7 years ago

Once NASA's InSight Mars lander enters the Martian atmosphere and approaches the planet's surface, propulsive landing gear will slow the spacecraft down to about 5.5 mph (8.8 km/h) and safely set it down on the surface of the Red Planet. This image, taken at Lockheed Martin Space in Littleton, Colorado, shows several of the critical landing systems including the thrusters, lander legs and science deck. (NASA)
Skytalk
Science

NASA Touchdown On Mars

NASA’s InSight Lander is scheduled to set down on the surface of Mars on Monday, November 26th. As a fixed station, InSight will dr ...

Air Date: November 26, 2018

Listen 09:07
Liliana Czegledi holds a photo of her daughter, Ioana, at her home in the village of Sînandrei in western Romania. Ioana was just shy of her 10th birthday when she died of complications from measles. She could not be vaccinated because she had a compromised immune system. (Joanna Kakissis for NPR)
NPR
Health

The story behind the worst Measles outbreak in the European Union

Measles is a serious disease in poor countries, which account for most of the 173,000 infections recorded globally in 2017.

7 years ago

More than half of all counties in the 39 states that rely on the federal HealthCare.gov exchange for ACA health insurance are experiencing a 10 percent price decrease, on average, for their cheapest plan for 2019. (Patrick Sison/AP)
NPR
Health

Many who buy ACA health plans for 2019 find lower prices and more choice

7 years ago

London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced a ban on junk food advertisements across the city's transportation network on Friday. The new rules will take effect on Feb. 25, 2019. (Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Mind the junk food: London to ban ads for unhealthy eats on public transportation

7 years ago

Ochsner Baptist Hospital in New Orleans hasn't needed device reps' help since it started using technology from a company called Sight Medical that handles inventory management.
(Courtesy of Sight Medical)
NPR
Health

Sales reps may be wearing out their welcome in the operating room

In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who's who — at least for outsiders.

7 years ago

Residences leveled by the Camp Fire line a cul-de-sac in Paradise, Calif., earlier this month. A massive federal report says climate change is contributing to larger wildfires as well as other deadly extreme weather.
(Noah Berger/AP)
NPR
Health

Climate change is already hurting U.S. communities, federal report says

The fourth National Climate Assessment is the culmination of years of research and analysis by hundreds of top climate scientists in the country.

7 years ago

Investigators who are trying to track down the source of E. coli in romaine lettuce have seen this before. They're tracking the exact strain of bacteria that caused a small outbreak a year ago. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

Investigators tracking latest romaine lettuce outbreak are feeling some deja vu

Over the past six weeks, at least 50 people in the U.S. and Canada have gone to the doctor suffering from the symptoms of food poisoning.

7 years ago

The Pulse
Science

The Difference a Gun Makes

A gun can change a moment, a life, a family, an entire neighborhood. Like a catalyst in a chemical reaction, guns have a unique ability t ...

Air Date: November 22, 2018

Listen 49:10
Anesthesiologist Kevin Guynn M.D greets a pre-med student at Temple University's An Evening with Black Men in Medicine event. (Brad  Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Temple brings black men in medicine together to boost doctors of color

Temple University’s medical school gathered black physicians and young African-American men who are considering medicine.

7 years ago

Water pours from a faucet.
Health
StateImpact Pennsylvania

State to hold public meeting on PFAS contamination

The meeting will be held Friday, November 30 at 9am the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg and will also be live-streamed online.

7 years ago

Radio Times
Health

How hippie food became mainstream

Guests: Jonathan Kauffman, Judy Wicks Yogurt, brown rice, tofu, soy sauce — a lot of American’s modern mainst ...

Air Date: November 21, 2018 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
Surgeons at work during a surgery.
Health

Philly doctors join national debate with NRA over gun safety

Dr. Samir Mehta treats a lot of gunshot victims. He doesn’t always see them in a crisis setting, like an ER doctor would, but he’s dealing with the long-term impacts.

7 years ago

The Milky Way's Galactic Center in the night sky above the Paranal Observatory (the laser creates a guide-star for the telescope). ESO/Y. Beletsky
Skytalk
Science

Hidden In Plain Sight

Our Milky Way has two very well known galactic companions: The Large and the Small Magellanic Clouds, irregular-shaped galaxies both abou ...

Air Date: November 19, 2018

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