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Luci Cook doesn't want her tattoos to die with her. She's asking her friends and family which ones they' want to receive in the event that she dies before they do.

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Extra-Permanent Ink: Preserving Your Tattoos After Death

2:10pm October 14, 2014

by Martha Bebinger

Got a killer tat? There's no reason for it to die with you. Thanks to a Dutch tattoo artist, if you sign the right forms and pay the right price, a lab can preserve your body art after you die.

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ProPublica Analyzes 3 Decades Of Deadly Police Shootings

9:54am October 14, 2014

Analysis shows young black males are at a higher risk of being shot dead by police than younger white males. Rachel Martin talks to Ryan Gabrielson, one of the lead reporters on ProPublica's story.

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In Hawaii, NASA To Launch 'Fake Mission To Fake Space'

4:58pm October 13, 2014

Starting Wednesday, six "astronauts" will live in a geodesic dome on a remote volcanic outcrop in an eight-month simulation of a Mars mission. Robert Siegel talks to commander Martha Lenio.

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And so continues Code Switch's battle with illustrating studies about the subtle biases that inflict our email outboxes.

What's In A Name? It Could Matter If You're Writing To Your Lawmaker

9:42am October 13, 2014

by Shankar Vedantam

To test subtle biases, researchers sent state legislators identical emails about voting requirements. Some emails came from a man with a "Latino" name, and others from an "Anglo" name.

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Speculation Abounds Over Who Will Win Economics Nobel

9:42am October 13, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

The top contenders for the Nobel Prize in economics are said to be a pair of NYU professors who study entrepreneurship, and a Stanford researcher who did pioneering work into economic sociology.

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French Economist Wins Nobel For Market Power And Regulation Research

9:42am October 13, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

French economist Jean Tirole, 61, works at the Toulouse School of Economics in France. The economics prize completed the 2014 Nobel Prize announcements.

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The slide on the right has been treated with a coating that repels blood.

Slippery When Coated: Helping Medical Devices Prevent Blood Clots

8:13am October 13, 2014

by Joe Palca

When blood flows over an artificial surface, whether it's an implanted pacemaker or tubing for a dialysis machine, there's an increased risk that a dangerous clot will form.

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Are You A Scientist?

9:14pm October 12, 2014

by Shawn Fitzmaurice

SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.

When you think of a Scientist, who comes to mind? Do you picture someone in the desert with their face to a dusty rock uncovering a dinosaur bone? Maybe you think of the mad-scientist, unhinged and laughing dramatically?

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Emotions Linger After Forgotten Events In Alzheimer's Patients

1:14pm October 12, 2014

A new study suggests that people with Alzheimer's can hold on to happy or sad feelings, even if they forget what triggered them. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the study's author, Edmarie Guzman-Velez.

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In the northwestern United States, this crayfish would be just a friendly bit of local fauna. But in Scotland, it's an invasive species wreaking havoc on trout streams.

American Intruder Lurks In Scottish Streams, Clawed And Hungry

1:14pm October 12, 2014

by Ari Shapiro

Scotland has some of the best trout fishing in the world. Now the North American signal crayfish is taking over waterways, threatening to wipe out native populations of insects those trout eat.

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