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The Problem With Teens Is That They're Just Too Rational

4:06pm September 10, 2015

by Nancy Shute

Teenagers aren't always risk-taking gamblers; they put a lot of effort into weighing financial choices, a study finds. Adults are more apt to adopt rules and quickly make choices that are good enough.

How Sound Shaped The Evolution Of Your Brain

4:06pm September 10, 2015

by Bill McQuay

Sound gets into our brains and processed so quickly that it shapes all other perceptions, says neuroscientist Seth Horowitz. "You hear anywhere from 20 to 100 times faster than you see."

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Harvard Yard, ringed primarily by freshmen dorms, is a big draw for camera-wielding tourists.

New Rule For Harvard Tourists: No Taking Photos Of Students Through Windows

3:53pm September 10, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Some students complained that they felt like they were in a zoo when visitors to Harvard Yard took photographs of them through classroom windows.

The dark stone path that bisects the Flight 93 National Memorial visitors center in Shanksville, Pa., memorializes the flight path of the United Airlines plane.

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Flight 93 Memorial Center Opens 14 Years After Sept. 11 Attacks

3:26pm September 10, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

The $26 million center in Shanksville, Pa., features 10 main exhibits, leading visitors through a chronological experience of the events of the day.

Restrictions on the airspace around Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., prompted an Orange County contractor to cancel a plan to conduct aerial spraying Wednesday.

Disneyland's Restricted Airspace Prompts Cancellation Of Insect-Spraying Flight

2:33pm September 10, 2015

by Bill Chappell

A 3-mile radius around the California theme park is designated as "national defense airspace" by the FAA, complicating attempts to control mosquitoes.

Stephen Colbert (right) talks with Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush during Colbert's debut as Late Show host in New York.

On 'Late Show,' The Spotlight Was Just Out Of Reach For Jeb Bush

2:29pm September 10, 2015

by Sam Sanders

The GOP candidate was friendly and warm, but he wasn't energizing, or even the center of attention. At one point Colbert riffed: "Oh, you were so close to getting [the audience] to clap!"

Summer Vacation Extended In Seattle As Public School Teachers Strike

2:27pm September 10, 2015

by Ann Dornfeld

Seattle students were supposed to start school Wednesday, but teachers voted to strike in a dispute over pay raises. More than 50,000 public school students and about 5,000 teachers aren't in class.

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Gold prospectors in El Dorado, Calif., circa 1848-1853.

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1840s: Hunger For Gold And Galapagos Tortoises

2:25pm September 10, 2015

by Linton Weeks

When the precious metal was discovered in California in the late 1840s, hordes of fortune seekers headed there from all over the world — some taking large amounts of tortoises with them.

House Begins Series Of Hearings On Defunding Planned Parenthood

1:55pm September 10, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

The House Judiciary Committee held the first hearing Wednesday to investigate whether Planned Parenthood is breaking any laws, but it quickly focused instead on whether abortion should be legal.

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Week In Politics: Iran Nuclear Deal, Trump's Loyalty Pledge

1:42pm September 10, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with political commentators, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and Yuval Levin, editor for National Affairs.

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