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In Hotter Climate, 'Zombie' Urchins Are Winning And Kelp Forests Are Losing
Kelp forests along Northern California have almost vanished. Divers and scientists are racing to stop purple sea urchins from taking over critical habitat.
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Poetry Challenge: Create A List Poem That Grapples With Rise Of Anti-Asian Racism
Attacks against Asian Americans have increased since the coronavirus pandemic began. Tell us how you cope with this anti-Asian violence and discrimination in the form of a list poem.
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China Urged To Withdraw Ships From Reef In South China Sea
The massing of Chinese ships around a contested reef in the South China Sea is drawing unusual attention. The Philippines fired off a diplomat protest calling on China to withdraw some 180 vessels.
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Texas Migrant Facility Was Severely Overcrowded, AP Reporter Says
NPR's Noel King talks to Elliot Spagat of The Associated Press, who was one of the few journalists allowed into a Texas facility housing migrants, about what he saw.
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Chief Operative Behind Watergate Scandal, G. Gordon Liddy, Dies At 90
G. Gordon Liddy, the Republican adviser who was convicted for his role in the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, died on Tuesday. President Carter commuted Liddy's sentence.
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Union Vote A First For Amazon. Now What Happens?
The counting of votes to determine whether employees at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. can form a union begins on Tuesday.
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World Health Organization To Release Report On Origins Of Pandemic
NPR's Noel King talks to Peter Daszak, an expert on how animal viruses infect humans, about how the COVID-19 virus may have started on wildlife farms. Daszak was on the WHO team that went to China.
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The Motel In The TV Show 'Schitt's Creek' Is For Sale
The Rosebud Motel appeared in every episode of the much beloved show, and is reportedly priced at about $1.6 million. In real life, it is named Hockley Motel and is in Mono, Ontario.
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U.S. Strategic Command Deletes Tweet That Appeared To Be Gibberish
The department, responsible for nuclear weapons, concluded that a "very young child took advantage of the situation" when the parent, who manages the account, briefly left it "open and unattended."
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Best In Show: Our Favorite College Podcasts
This year's finalists in the Student Podcast Challenge, College Edition, give us a glimpse at life on, and off, campus.
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Are You Ready To Rock? Music Festivals Prepare For A 2021 Comeback
Some concert organizers are making plans to forge ahead cautiously this festival season, hoping that increased vaccination will make concerts safe and appealing.
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If In-Person Schooling Is Essential, Wen Says Teachers Should Be Vaccinated
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Leana Wen about re-opening schools safely and how that approach would change if in-person school instruction was treated as an essential service.