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Host Stephen Dubner has surprising conversations that explore the riddles of everyday life and the weird wrinkles of human nature-from cheating and crime to parenting and sports. Dubner talks with Nobel laureates and provocateurs, social scientists and entrepreneurs - and his Freakonomics co-author Steve Levitt.

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In this Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 photo Jeremy DaRos shows the erroneous tsunami alert he received on his phone on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, in Portland, Maine. DeRos, who lives near the water, said he is concerned that people won't take seriously the emergency alerts they get in an actual crisis. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP Photo)
Community

False alarms highlight weaknesses in national alert system

Last month's bogus ballistic missile warning in Hawaii and, now, this week's tsunami snafu have highlighted trouble spots and prompted calls for change.

8 years ago

Voting machines at the Office of the City Commissioner's warehouse (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to require voting machines with paper backup

Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday ordered counties that plan to replace their electronic voting systems to buy machines that leave a paper trail — a safeguard against hacking.

8 years ago

Toll Brothers City Living
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Urban Planning

Jewelers’ Row tower needs more work, city board says

The Toll Brothers proposal for a 24-story condo tower in the midst of Jewelers’ Row received a mixed-review at the city’s Civic Design Review (CDR) board on Tuesday.

8 years ago

A diagram from an Amazon patent application shows a human worker (labeled with
NPR
Science

Wrist watching: Amazon patents system to track, guide employees’ hand movements

"This idea, if implemented in the future, would improve the process for our fulfillment associates," the company says.

8 years ago

FILE - This May 13, 2014, file photo shows a row of Google self-driving Lexus cars at a Google event outside the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif. California regulators release safety reports filed by 11 companies that have been testing self-driving car prototypes on public roads on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. The papers report the number of times in 2016 that human backup drivers took control from the cars' self-driving software, though companies argue such
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Urban Planning

Hands off: our self-driving future

Guests: Erick Guerra, Andrew Hawkins The self-driving cab will soon be a reality. GM announced that its autonomou ...

Air Date: January 30, 2018

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Community

Drone school takes off in Delaware

As technology advances, new ways to use drones are being discovered and that could mean big money for FAA-certified commercial drone pilots.

8 years ago

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Lifestyle

One more turn of the tide

Amidst an ever-advancing barrage of app updates, software upgrades, and new products, how can one cope — or refuse to cope?

8 years ago

Chris Beatty, 26, works at a Radial warehouse in Burlington, N.J.
NPR
Money

‘Don’t think a robot could do this’: Warehouse workers aren’t worried for their jobs

Thanks to surging online shopping, retail warehouses are booming, and so are jobs. But the unavoidable buzzword is automation.

8 years ago

Hackers take part to a test at the Cybersecurity Conference in Lille, northern France, Wednesday Jan. 25, 2017.  (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
Education

Delaware announces cybersecurity partnership for high school girls

Delaware leaders are offering a free training opportunity for high school girls interested in a career in cybersecurity.

8 years ago

Shown is an exterior view of the Apple Park Visitor Center during its grand opening Friday, Nov. 17, 2017, in Cupertino, Calif. (Eric Risberg/AP Photo)
Money

Apple to build 2nd campus, hire 20,000 in $350B pledge

Cities from across the U.S. will likely be offering Apple tax breaks and other incentives in an attempt to persuade the company to build its second campus in their towns.

8 years ago

Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele talks about using DNA phenotyping to help solve a gunpoint rape in Norristown Farm Park.
Courts & Law

Montco DA tries new technology to solve a cold crime

Authorities hunting for suspects in a gunpoint rape in a Norristown park have hit a dead end, so they're turning to a new technology to help jumpstart their investigation.

8 years ago

David Letterman interviews former President Barack Obama on My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman. (Joe Pugliese/Netflix)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

Netflix brings Letterman back to the interview chair — with a few twists

It's called My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman — and it's excellent.

8 years ago

Sen. Bob Menendez, D-NJ, (left), and Sen. Cory Booker, D-NJ (Mel Evans/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

N.J. lawmakers to DOJ: Keep online gambling legal

Federal lawmakers who represent New Jersey have asked the U.S. Justice Department to keep internet gambling legal.

8 years ago

Outside groups have spent more than $4.3 million to influence voters in congressional races in the Philadelphia region,The U.S. Capitol building at dusk in Washington (Evan Vucci/AP Photo, file)
Politics & Policy

Cybersecurity firm: US Senate in Russian hackers’ crosshairs

The Senate Sergeant at Arms office, which is responsible for the upper house's security, declined to comment.

8 years ago

In this file photo, Tony Pouliot demonstrates the goCrop app on his mobile photo in the cab of his combine on his farm in Westford, Vt. (Toby Talbot/AP)
Politics & Policy

Need for high-speed internet tops Pa. lawmakers’ agriculture agenda

Eight percent of Pennsylvania doesn't have broadband access.

8 years ago

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