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Ethicists debate ‘medical aid in dying’ for dementia patients
Lawmakers consider expanding end-of-life options, but not for people with Alzheimer’s disease.
7 years ago
Listen 06:35Did a massage parlor owner sell access to Trump?
A massage parlor owner in Florida has allegedly sold access to the President to Chinese businessmen with ties to the Chinese communist party.
7 years ago
Listen 23:48Heading toward the Brexit cliff
Britain is scheduled to leave the European Union later this month, and no deal has been reached on how this will happen. What's next?
7 years ago
Listen 23:48An amusement park that’s ready for anything
At the Tokyo Public Bayshore Disaster Prevention Park, learn how to survive without electricity, running water, heat, or air conditioning for 72 hours.
7 years ago
Listen 07:54As bushfire approached, this Australian rancher fought fire with fire
When flames started to burn down the hill toward his family ranch, Charlie Lovick saw his chance: He kept a cool head and took action.
7 years ago
Listen 04:01Plessy v. Ferguson: How racial segregation became law
STEVE LUXENBERG, a former Washington Post editor ...
7 years ago
Listen 35:30The legal challenges to Trump’s national emergency
We discuss the legal arguments and challenges to President Trump's declaration of a national emergency to get funding for a border wall.
7 years ago
Listen 13:30How extreme isolation affects the brain
New research on solitary confinement could bridge the mind-body gap when it comes to cruel and unusual punishment.
7 years ago
Listen 11:44Is NASA’s Curiosity rover lonely on Mars?
Some humans here on Earth think so, now that the Opportunity rover’s mission has ended.
7 years ago
Listen 05:56Dyscalculia — the math version of dyslexia
A little-known learning disability is helping kids — and adults — reframe their struggles with numbers.
7 years ago
Listen 03:39What’s the best way to teach math?
For decades, people in the U.S. have worried about falling behind the rest of the world at math. Some teachers think they have answers.
7 years ago
Listen 08:47San Francisco shares its schoolyards, opening communities to green spaces and one another’s lives
Like many cities, when schools closed for the day, usually schoolyards did too. But when the school district upgraded its playgrounds, it kept them open longer.
7 years ago
Listen 08:31Why opposition to GMOs is a First World privilege
How public mistrust in GMOs destroyed one scientist's dream of helping farmers in developing countries produce sturdier, higher-yield crops.
7 years ago
Listen 06:49Roosevelt Boulevard: The deadliest road in Philly
We’re joined by The Philadelphia Inquirer’s transportation reporter JASON LAUGHLIN about why this road is so deadly and what efforts are underway to make it a safer.
7 years ago
Listen 17:00The ACA and contraceptive coverage
Guests: Allison Hoffman The Trump administration had another setback in the courts ...
7 years ago
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