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npr: thelovelyseas: Cyanea capillata (Lion’s mane) by Alexander Semenov Wow! — Meg
npr: staceythinx: MECHANICAL / BIOLOGICAL [Crustacean Study] by Steevan Salvat These drawings are so interesting. — Meg
npr: digitalpubliclibraryofamerica: In honor of National Library Week and National Bookmobile Day, we’re sending some library love! Explore the history of public libraries, including the important role of bookmobiles in sharing knowledge with all,
npr: While President Nicolas Maduro has set the gears in motion for a new Venezuelan constitution, the confusion and violence that has engulfed city streets for more than a month only appears to be deepening. The tumult continued apace this week, opening
npr: It’s been more than 60 days since Venezuela’s Supreme Court moved to dissolve the country’s National Assembly. The move intended to eliminate a thorn in the side of embattled President Nicolas Maduro was reversed after three days — but its
npr: ari-abroad: The Pulse nightclub shooting was one year ago today. On All Things Considered tonight, I return to Orlando to see how the city is recovering. via Instagram http://ift.tt/2sTp5QP Here is Ari’s story from Orlando. -Emily
npr: The Apollo 11 command module, which took the first moonwalkers to lunar orbit and back in 1969, is undergoing a painstaking restoration, in preparation for an unusual national tour later this year. Until recently, the capsule sat in the main lobby
npr: montereybayaquarium: The Monterey Bay is doing its best impression of our sea nettle exhibit! This year has seen a return of the classic sea nettles blooms we experience outside of El Niño cycles. These sea nettles were filmed inside the Monterey
npr: Last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center conducted a study on public symbols of the Confederacy. The center found more than 700 Confederate monuments on public land in the U.S. — with nearly 300 in the states of Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina
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npr: David Sedaris, Ira Glass And 25 Years Of ‘Santaland Diaries’ It’s been 25 years since Morning Edition listeners first met a very un-merry Christmas elf named Crumpet from “Santaland Diaries,” the somewhat fanciful story of David Sedaris’
npr: Color images of Pluto released by NASA this year show the dwarf planet has a reddish brown surface. But an even newer photo shows that despite those colors, Pluto’s atmosphere has a blue haze. The discovery results from the New Horizons probe’s
npr: The 40-Year-Old Photo That Gives Us A Reason To Smile In late July 1973, Joseph Crachiola was wandering the streets of Mount Clemens, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, with his camera. As a staff photographer for the Macomb Daily, he was expected
npr: laughingsquid: Cat Wearing a Shark Costume Rides a Roomba Vacuum Round and Round a Kitchen Happy Shark Week! And if you want to be on the lookout for sharks in your area… The cat is so calm.
npr: First Listen: Thelonious Monk, ‘Paris 1969.’ Enjoy!
npr: kqedscience: This bird might look like a holiday ornament, but it is actually a rare half-female, half-male northern cardinal “Researchers have long known such split-sex “gynandromorphs” exist in insects, crustaceans, and birds. But scientists
npr:If Marty McFly had a transportation upgrade between his skateboard and his hoverboard, it might look something like this.The Sidewinding Circular Skates are a pair of 10-inch rubber wheels with foot platforms. Apart from riding with a sideways stance,
npr: According to a survey by the Pew Research Center, 54 percent of blacks now see gun ownership as a good thing, something more likely to protect than harm. That’s up from 29 percent just two years ago. In places like Detroit, more African-Americans
npr: It’s a muggy summer day, and Joe Rubino is at the train station in Baltimore, taking pictures of a stranger and asking some deeply personal questions. Later, he’ll post this portrait online, along with snippets from the conversation.“I think
npr: R&B singer Janelle Monáe released a blistering 6 ½-minute protest song on Friday called “Hell You Talmbout.” The song’s premise is simple, and that simplicity is the source of its power. The lyrics are the chanted names of black Americans
npr: iaresolar: thebestoftumbling: golden eagle having a relaxing time PRECIOUS EVOLVED FLYING DINOSAUR Max chill achievement unlocked. -Ariel
npr: yrbff: How We Treat Mental Illness Vs. How We Treat Physical Illness It’s World Mental Health Day. Remember, everyone experiences mental illness differently, and the way we talk about it can have a significant effect on someone’s well-being.
npr: skunkbear: Big math news! It’s been thirty years since mathematicians last found a convex pentagon that could “tile the plane.” The latest discovery (by Jennifer McLoud-Mann, Casey Mann, and David Von Derau) was published earlier this month.
npr: Burglars Return Loot To Group That Helps Sex Assault Victims The burglar (or burglars) who broke into the offices of the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Sexual Assault Services on July 31 and stole several computers and monitors apparently had a
npr: The first issue of Marvel’s new Thor is now on newsstands. In it, a mysterious woman shows that she, too, is worthy of wielding the hammer of Thor. She joins a growing list of superhuman heroines leading their own comic books — Captain Marvel,
npr: buzzfeed: Happy National Punctuation Day everybody! Pilcrow. Now that’s a good Scrabble word. — rachel
npr: nprfreshair: calypsio: get out (2017), dir. jordan peele Jordan Peele spoke with Terry Gross last year about his directorial debut. “It was very important to me to just get the entire audience in touch in some way with the fears inherent [in]
npr: Aretha Franklin, the “Queen of Soul,” died Thursday in her home city of Detroit after battling pancreatic cancer. Her death was confirmed by her publicist, Gwendolyn Quinn. She was 76.Franklin sold more than 75 million records during her life,
npr: Twenty years ago Tuesday, a plucky little probe named Pathfinder landed at Ares Vallis on the surface of Mars.It didn’t land in the traditional way, with retrorockets firing until it reached the surface. No, Pathfinder bounced down to its landing
npr: If your image of a computer programmer is a young man, there’s a good reason: It’s true. Recently, many big tech companies revealed how few of their female employees worked in programming and technical jobs. Google had some of the highest rates:
npr:catsbeaversandducks:Russian Photographer Captures The Cutest Squirrel Photo Session EverPhotos by ©Vadim Trunov - Via Bored PandaWeekend inspiration. -Emily
npr: We may eat a lot of food additives, but most consumers know very little about them. These often misunderstood substances go by unwieldy names like “diacetyl” or “azodicarbonamide.” They are in everything from salad dressings to Twinkies.
npr: David Sedaris, Ira Glass And 25 Years Of ‘Santaland Diaries’It’s been 25 years since Morning Edition listeners first met a very un-merry Christmas elf named Crumpet from “Santaland Diaries,” the somewhat fanciful story of David Sedaris’
npr: A ‘Runaway Bag’ For Health Care When People Are FleeingIn South Sudan, millions of people have been on the run since civil war broke out in December 2013, fleeing the violence that has plagued the country. The U.N. is calling it the world’s
npr: This past week, a FedEx employee from Germantown, Tenn., made a massive discovery — and it wasn’t in any packages. John Pace found the largest prime number known to humankind.And that number goes on to more than 23 million digits.“So it’s
npr: We were hundreds of women, marching on the streets of Karachi, Pakistan.We shouted slogans. ’“Aurat aiee, aurat aiee, tharki teri shaamath aiee!” (Women are here, harassers must fear!)We raised our fists in the air, smiling, laughing.We wore
npr: “Poetry is like a whole new world to me. Back in my country, I did not have anything about poetry, but poetry is something that I got to learn once I got here. You know, I did research. It’s just something like — I developed feelings for it.
npr: The next Chicago mayor will either be a self-described political outsider who’s never run for office, or a longtime city alderman and chair of the county’s Democratic Party. Either way, for the first time, the city’s top political official
npr: skunkbear: This is very cool and a pretty big deal. Find out why. Big black hole news. -Emily
npr: imobsessedwithtoomanythings: camwhoreconfessional: onefineflip: foeyedcurls: Did I SAY I was finished with the baby greens?!?!??! such an aggressive tiny animal Bunny gets what bunny wants This is the most metal thing I’ve seen What a
npr: skunkbear: To watch the entire process in detail (and to learn about the history of pencils), check out our latest video. Ask us your science questions here. I find these gifs to be very soothing.✏️ -Emily
npr: Donald Trump has been president for two weeks, and he is already facing dozens of lawsuits over White House policies and his personal business dealings. That’s far more than his predecessors faced in their first days on the job. The lawsuits started
npr: Last winter, when Chung Soo-young saw a man rushing out of the women’s restroom at a chain coffee shop in downtown Seoul, the first thing she did was to scan all stalls in search of a hidden camera. Like many other South Korean women, Chung, 26,
npr: When Courtney Hering started working at Kohler Co. seven years ago, she was continuing a long family tradition. “My mother, she’s been here 39 years,” she says. “My dad worked here for 14 years. And my grandfather on my dad’s side, he worked
npr: Mississippi has long ranked near the bottom of the states for educational performance. In a bid to change that, 21 school districts are suing the state for more than 赨 million in education funding. Mississippi Schools Sue State For More Money
npr: Wednesday morning, at 10 o'clock, students at schools across the country will walk out of their classrooms. The plan is for them to leave school — or at least gather in the hallway — for 17 minutes. That’s one minute for each of the victims
npr: Meet the Squirrel Whisperer (photo courtesy of the Squirrel Whisperer’s FB page.)
npr: Vera Rubin, the groundbreaking astrophysicist who discovered evidence of dark matter, died Sunday night at the age of 88, the Carnegie Institution confirms. Rubin did much of her revelatory work at Carnegie. The organization’s president calls
npr: itscolossal: The Heng Balance Lamp Illuminates with a Suspended Magnetic Switch I’m very impressed with this wizardry.💡 -Emily
npr: According to surveys by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there are more than 35,000 back and other injuries among nursing employees every year, severe enough that they have to miss work.Nursing assistants and orderlies
npr: scampthecorgi: Throwback to Scamp being overwhelmed by all this Thanksgiving pie. But it all turned out ok because…pie. Best holiday prep ever. -Ariel
npr:skunkbear:Images of the Villarrica volcano in southern Chile. It erupted early this morning.Credit: Ariel Marinkovic/AFP/Getty ImagesAmazing images! -Tajha
npr: When Priscilla Graham-Farmer went to get her hair done in Newark, N.J., recently, she noticed the elevator in the building was broken, so she took the stairs. And that’s when Graham-Farmer saw him: a young guy sprawled out, not breathing. “He
npr: Dark Matter, Dark Energy And The Shadow Universe Many folks have heard of Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Most folks, however, can’t tell you anything about them. They’re dark. They’re lurking out there. That’s about it. They’re too important
npr: School Lunch Debate: What’s At Stake? School lunches have never been known for culinary excellence. But to be fair, the National School Lunch Program — which provides free or reduced lunches to about 31 million kids every day — has never
npr: skunkbear: All those little lines are jokes! ALL THE JOKES! (at least the ones I noticed) Last year Jeremy Bowers, Danny DeBelius, Christopher Groskopf, Aly Hurt and I made a very silly interactive graphic exhaustively tabulating the running jokes
npr: skunkbear: Another departure from pure science, but some interesting data visualization from a study published last week. Each dot is a single member of the House of Representatives (democrats = blue, republicans = red). The proximity and lines