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Bringing marine life back to South Florida's 'forgotten edge"
45+ min ago (1033+ words) An experiment in nature-inspired design is underway in a South Florida residential canal. Two mangrove planters are being installed on a new seawall to provide habitat for marine wildlife. Nathan Rott/NPR hide caption POMPANO BEACH, Fla. " At the back…...
Vaccine critics keep the pressure on, even as RFK Jr. shifts focus
15+ hour, 33+ min ago (317+ words) ROB STEIN, BYLINE: It's a warm sunny day in Washington as an overflow crowd of more than 200 people pack the ornate Crystal Room in the stately Willard Hotel near the White House. MARK GORTON: It's so nice to see so…...
From Descartes to punk rock, X has an extraordinary history
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (1158+ words) X is a letter, a sound, a word, a symbol. X is the unknown. It can be sleek and edgy; it can be religious. For just a simple shape of two crossed lines, X is a lot of things. "I…...
Chuck Klosterman : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (206+ words) Do you like football? Chuck Klosterman is a culture writer who really, really likes football. His new book is called'Football. In it, he examines the cultural impact of the sport, as it relates to American life. He joins Bullseye to…...
How the energy crisis fueled by the war in Iran is affecting Asia
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (71+ words) Asia is feeling the energy shock of the war on Iran. NPR's A Martinez talks to Sam Reynolds of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. How the energy crisis fueled by the war in Iran is affecting Asia…...
In 'The Mixed Marriage Project,' Dorothy Roberts works through her dad's archive : NPR's Book of the Day
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (243+ words) After the death of her father, sociologist and law professor Dorothy Roberts decided to sort through his boxes. What she found was an archive of notes related to his research on interracial marriage, which he saw as a means to…...
‘Black rain’ in Iran and the environmental cost of war : Short Wave
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (301+ words) US-Israeli airstrikes on oil depots culminated in "black rain" in Iran early last week " a phenomenon usually caused by large amounts of soot, carbon and other pollutants in the air. Usually, rain leaves the atmosphere cleaner than it was before....
EU rejects Trump's request to help secure the Strait of Hormuz
14+ hour, 31+ min ago (349+ words) The European Union has rejected President Trump's request to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, saying the war is "not theirs." TERI SCHULTZ, BYLINE: Hi, Ailsa. CHANG: Hi. So where did the discussions land today among all these foreign ministers?...
75 years ago, a viral TV moment ignited America's obsession with the Mafia
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1223+ words) Seventy-five years ago this week, in New York City, a very strange thing happened. For a few days, it seemed like big parts of the city ground to a halt. The New York Times described a city, quote, "under a…...
The U.S. went to war without its allies. Now it wants their help : Consider This from NPR
13+ hour, 7+ min ago (167+ words) President Trump launched the war against Iran without building a coalition of U.S. allies.Only now is the president trying to enlist allies to help end Iran's effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz.And many of the countries he's asked…...