In West Africa, Fewer New Ebola Cases But Epidemic Still Uncontained
Robert Siegel speaks with Brice de le Vingne, director of operations dealing with the Ebola outbreak for Doctors without Borders.
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What Microbes Lurk In The Subways Of New York? Mysteries Abound
Think expedition to the rain forest, but one where you'll need a MetroCard to get around. The microbial life of the New York subways turns out to be as rich, odd and confounding as the city itself.
Being With People Like You Offers Comfort Against Death's Chill
Iggy Ignatius bet that immigrants from India would long to live with other Indians in his Florida condos. He was right. Psychologists say intimations of mortality make us want to be with our own kind.
Medical Research And The End Of Privacy
Scientists can no longer guarantee privacy for patients donating tissue and DNA for medical research. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Jennifer Couzin-Frankel of Science Magazine.
Satellite Set To Stream Daily Images Of Earth From Space
In 1998, Al Gore proposed using a satellite and the Internet to let us all see the awe-inspiring view of Earth that wows space travelers. That satellite may finally launch later this year.
Birders Predict Another Snowy Owl 'Irruption'
In 2014, ornithologists documented record numbers of snowy owls wintering unusually far south. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Talkin' Birds host Ray Brown about this year's numbers.
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India Grows, Canada Disappears: Mapping Countries By Population
A cartogram posted on Reddit shows what the world looks like if you scale countries by their population. Watch out China! India is catching up with you.
Listeners To NPR: Why Don't We Track Planes Like We Do Ships?
Geoff Brumfiel, the physics guy on our science desk, helps us land on the right answer.
First Stars Fired Up 140 Million Years Later Than Previously Thought
New data collected from the European Space Agency's Planck telescope shows that the first starlight in the universe occurred about 560 million years after the Big Bang.