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Science

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To 3 Scientists For DNA Repair Discovery

4:36pm October 07, 2015

by Joe Palca

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry will be shared by three scientists for their work on how cells repair damage to DNA. They have discovered DNA damage can lead to mutations, which in turn can lead to cancer.

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World Health Organization Posts Ambitious New Guidelines For HIV Treatment

4:36pm October 07, 2015

by Jason Beaubien

The World Health Organization has revised its guidelines to say that every person infected with HIV should now be given powerful anti-AIDS drugs. But many countries in Africa have struggled to meet previous less-ambitious WHO treatment targets.

The large British study, begun in 1958, tracked the diet, habits and emotional and physical health of thousands of people from childhood through midlife.

Childhood Stress May Prime Pump For Chronic Disease Later

10:48am October 07, 2015

by Allison Aubrey

A British study that tracked the health of thousands from childhood through midlife finds early distress to be even more potent than adult stress in predicting later diabetes and heart disease.

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An Ace Up The Poker Star's Sleeve: The Surprising Upside Of Stereotypes

9:44am October 07, 2015

by NPR Staff

Annie Duke was often the only woman at the poker table, which influenced the way people saw her, and the way she saw herself. Feeling like an outsider can come at a cost, but also can be an advantage.

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How Poker Player Annie Duke Used Gender Stereotypes To Win Matches

8:09pm October 06, 2015

by Shankar Vedantam

Annie Duke was often the only woman at the poker table, which influenced the way people saw her - and the way she saw herself. Feeling like an outsider can come at a cost, but also be an advantage.

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High Lead Levels In Michigan Kids After City Switches Water Source

6:19am October 05, 2015

by Sarah Hulett

Flint, Mich., started drawing its tap water from a local river in April 2014. The water is so corrosive that it's causing lead to leach out of aging pipes, resulting in serious health issues.

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When he was 59 years old, Greg O'Brien was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Five years later, he is speaking publicly about his experience, even as his symptoms worsen.

'How Do You Tell Your Kids That You've Got Alzheimer's?'

2:47pm October 04, 2015

by Rebecca Hersher

Writer Greg O'Brien was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease five years ago. He describes what it was like to hear the news — and break it to his family.

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"My brain used to be my best friend," says Greg O'Brien, a journalist with early onset Alzheimer's. But he can't trust it anymore, he says. Alzheimer's is, in some ways, changing who he is.

As A Father's Alzheimer's Progresses, Family Learns To Love Him As He Is

1:42pm October 04, 2015

by Rebecca Hersher

As his disease advances, Greg O'Brien finds his personality shifting, too. "I know I can't go back to who I was before," he says. "I've got to learn to live with the new me."

A surgical team at Sooam Biotech in Seoul, South Korea, injects cloned embryos into the uterus of an anesthetized dog.

Disgraced Scientist Clones Dogs, And Critics Question His Intent

6:17pm October 02, 2015

by Rob Stein

A lab in Seoul is the only place in the world known to commercially clone dogs. But often the dog clones are sickly, critics say, and many other dogs are subjected to surgery to make a clone.

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"Any time you see a huge business success ... you see that at the heart of it is a whole bunch of people who were prepared to support each other." — Margaret Heffernan

Arts

Is The Professional Pecking Order Doing More Harm Than Good?

9:01am October 02, 2015

by NPR/TED STAFF

Drawing from an experiment with chickens, entrepreneur Margaret Heffernan explains how our cultural obsession with individual success is threatening our potential for collaboration and productivity.

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