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Inside a mobile clinic parked near a Conservation Corp high school, Dr. Seth Ammerman talks with a patient. About 400 young people who visit the van each year have never seen a doctor, Ammerman says.

Teen Health Van Delivers More Than Medical Care To Homeless Youth

6:18pm February 17, 2016

by Farida Jhabvala Romero

The number of homeless Californians under age 24 keeps rising, and many aren't getting the physical and mental health care they need, teen advocates say. Mobile clinics are trying to fill the gaps.

War May Not Have Led To Easter Island's Ancient Collapse

5:34pm February 17, 2016

by Hannah Bloch

The question of what caused Easter Island's demise is a matter of hot debate. War is often blamed, but new research suggests that obsidian blades on the island were used for farming — not fighting.

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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Scientist 3D Prints Living Tissue

4:17pm February 17, 2016

by Eddie Garcia

3D printing technology has been used to make toys, auto parts, and other goods. Now it's ears.

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Is There A Connection Between College Football Games And Risks For Rape?

3:22pm February 17, 2016

by Shankar Vedantam

Analysis explores the relationship among college football, binge drinking and sexual violence on campus. It suggests that reports of rape increase 41 percent on college football home games.

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New Study Links Widening Income Gap With Life Expectancy

6:34pm February 16, 2016

You might have heard about the widening income gap. You might not know there's a life expectancy gap as well. The rich are outliving the poor by a wider margin than ever before, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with co-author Gary Burtless about the study.

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The captain and crew of the Moriah Lee pose with sablefish caught off the coast of Half Moon Bay, Calif. A new study found that fishermen in the West Coast sablefishery were much less likely to engage in risky behavior — like sailing out in stormy weath

Study: Program To Protect Fish Is Saving Fishermen's Lives, Too

5:58pm February 16, 2016

by Clare Leschin-Hoar

Catch share programs — where fishermen are allotted a set quota of the catch --reduce the notoriously risky behavior fishermen are known for, like sailing in stormy weather, a new study finds.

Products that are regulated and taxed as medical devices include a wide range of machines and objects, including various scopes, scanners, tubing and pumps.

With Special Tax Suspended, Medical Device Firms Reap Big Savings

4:26pm February 16, 2016

by Mark Zdechlik

The medical device industry is enjoying a two-year moratorium on a tax that was created to support the Affordable Care Act. Are firms using their savings to create more jobs, as many claim?

Illustration of Dr. J. Marion Sims with Anarcha by Robert Thom. Courtesy of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Pearson Museum.

Remembering Anarcha, Lucy, and Betsey: The Mothers of Modern Gynecology

12:14pm February 16, 2016

by NPR Staff

J. Marion Sims is remembered as the father of modern gynecology. Forgotten are the mothers—the enslaved women whose bodies were sacrificed for the advancement of his research.

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Giant finger pushing test-takers into bubbles

Standards, Grades And Tests Are Wildly Outdated, Argues 'End Of Average'

11:27am February 16, 2016

by Anya Kamenetz

A Harvard faculty member argues in his new book that averages tell us nothing useful about individuals. That has big implications for schools.

Rice University's FlatCam is thinner than a dime.

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Bulky Cameras, Meet The Lens-less FlatCam

5:03pm February 15, 2016

by Joe Palca

How thin can a camera be? Rice University researchers created a "FlatCam" without lenses — one that can even be potentially made into wallpaper. Its roots trace to early pinhole cameras.