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Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world and themselves. Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain reveals the unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, and the biases that shape our choices.

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People watch a TV news report in Seoul, South Korea, on May 3, as the screen shows portraits of three Americans detained in North Korea: Kim Dong Chul (left) Tony Kim and Kim Hak Song (right). Three American prisoners in North Korea were released into U.S. custody on Wednesday, according to President Trump. (Ahn Young-joon/Associated Press)
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Politics & Policy

North Korea releases 3 Americans as Pompeo’s visit concludes

Trump confirmed their release in a tweet on Wednesday morning, saying the group was airborne.

8 years ago

Iranian women walk past a portrait of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini and paintings of Persian poetry in Tehran, Iran, Monday, May 7, 2018. (Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Trump decides to exit nuclear accord with Iran

Trump's decision means Iran's government must now decide whether to follow the U.S. and withdraw or try to salvage what's left of the deal.

8 years ago

An Israeli intelligence firm was reportedly hired last year to compile background dossiers on several former Obama administration officials, including Colin Kahl, seen here in 2012.
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Politics & Policy

Reports: Intel firm was hired to discredit former Obama Iran deal negotiators

An Israeli intelligence firm was hired last year to do "dirty ops" research on former Obama administration officials who worked on the Iran nuclear deal.

8 years ago

A slice of cake from the 2011 wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will be sold by Julien's Auctions in June. Pieces of four other royal wedding cakes also will be auctioned off. (John Stillwell/AP)
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Lifestyle

Slice of history: Pieces of British royal wedding cakes up for auction

How much would you pay for a slice of 44-year-old British royal wedding cake?

8 years ago

Russian police carrying a struggling opposition leader Alexei Navalny, center, at a demonstration against President Vladimir Putin in Pushkin Square in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 5, 2018. Thousands of demonstrators denouncing Putin's upcoming inauguration into a fourth term gathered Saturday in the capital's Pushkin Square. (AP Photo)
Politics & Policy

Nearly 1,600 reported arrested in Russian anti-Putin protests

Among those arrested was protest organizer Alexei Navalny, the anti-corruption campaigner who is Putin's most prominent foe.

8 years ago

The South Korean and North Korean teams receive an ovation Thursday at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden. The players elected to form a unified Korean team for the tournament's semifinal round. (TT News Agency/Reuters)
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Community

North, South Korea skip table tennis match as competitors, join as one team instead

Hopeful signs of reunification can be found not just on the pingpong table, but the negotiating table as well.

8 years ago

In this April 26, 2018, photo, a robot entertains visitors at the booth of a Chinese automaker during the China Auto 2018 show in Beijing, China. Under President Xi Jinping, a program known as
Politics & Policy

U.S.-China trade talks center on rivalry over technology

Chinese and U.S. officials met face-to-face Thursday in an attempt to resolve a dispute that has taken the world's two largest economies to the brink of a trade war.

8 years ago

A U.S. military service member stands outside a prison cell at Camp 5. (Photo reviewed and cleared by U.S. military. David Welna/NPR)
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Politics & Policy

First Guantanamo inmate released under Trump Administration

After more than 15 years imprisonment there, Ahmed al-Darbi was returned to his native Saudi Arabia to serve his remaining nine year prison sentence.

8 years ago

Kim Dong Chul (center) a U.S. citizen detained in North Korea, is escorted from a courtroom after his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea in April 2016. He is one of three Americans currently detained by the Pyongyang regime. (Kim Kwang Hyon/AP)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump hints at likely release of 3 Americans held in North Korea

The three are believed to be in a North Korean labor camp.

8 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Nuclear decisions

Guests: Dominic Tierney, Bobby Ghosh President Trump faces a decision on the Iran nuclear deal next week. Israeli ...

Air Date: May 3, 2018 10:00 am

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Melvine Ouyo is a reproductive health nurse at Family Health Options Kenya. She visited Washington, D.C., to discuss how the clinic has lost funding because it would not agree to the terms of President Trump's executive order banning U.S. aid to any health organization in another country that provides abortions, advocates or makes referrals for the procedure. (Emily Matthews/NPR)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Kenyan clinic rejects Trump abortion policy, loses $2 million in U.S. aid

The president has banned U.S. aid to any health organization in another country that performs or promotes abortion.

8 years ago

Saudi women jog in the streets of Jeddah in March. The government is encouraging greater participation by women in sports. (Amer Hilabi/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Lifestyle

‘Culture shock within their own country’: Saudis come to grips with swift changes

Many of the social changes are popular with the kingdom's younger citizens.

8 years ago

The offices of Cambridge Analytica (CA) in central London, after it was announced that Britain's information commissioner Elizabeth Denham is pursuing a warrant to search Cambridge Analytica's computer servers, Tuesday March 20, 2018. (Kirsty O'Connor/PA via AP)
NPR
Community

Cambridge Analytica is shutting down after Facebook data controversy

Cambridge Analytica's U.K.-based parent firm, said the company had begun the process of filing for bankruptcy.

8 years ago

Steel coils sit on wagons leaving a factory in Duisburg, Germany on March 2. U.S. President Trump Monday decided to hold off on imposing most steel and aluminum tariffs until at least June 1
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump administration delays most tariffs on steel, aluminum

The Trump administration has decided to hold off on imposing most of its tariffs on imported steel and aluminum until at least June 1.

8 years ago

Patients at an Army ward in Kansas during the influenza epidemic of 1918. About 675,000 Americans died of the flu known as La Grippe. (NYPL/Science Source/Getty Images)
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Health

Are we prepared for a killer flu epidemic?

Humanity's ability to stop a flu pandemic has changed little in the past century.

8 years ago

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