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The Sohae Satellite Launching Station was the site of North Korea's first successful space launch in 2012. The North now says it will dismantle the facility.

Experts Are Underwhelmed By North Korea's Promise To Dismantle Missile Site

4:25pm September 19, 2018

by Geoff Brumfiel

North Korea had already promised to dismantle part of the site. Now, with fanfare, it's offering to let the world watch — which analysts say is not that much of a step forward.

A World Food Programme convoy carries humanitarian aid to Aleppo, Syria. Getting food into conflict zones is a major hurdle — and a topic of discussion at the WFP's Innovation Accelerator.

Have A Cool Idea To Help End World Hunger? Pitch It To The U.N.

3:46pm September 19, 2018

by Vicky Hallett

At the World Food Programme's Innovation Accelerator, teams test out new proposals to stop hunger. Anyone can submit an idea. And September deadlines are coming up.

Protesters disrupt construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in early September. Trespassing near pipelines is now a felony offense in Louisiana, punishable by up to five years in prison.

Tougher Laws On Pipeline Protests Face Test In Louisiana

3:07pm September 19, 2018

by Travis Lux

A number of states are making it harder to protest the construction of oil and gas pipelines. Recent felony arrests in Louisiana could be a test case for these tougher new laws.

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Spock's Fictional Home Planet Discovered

7:19am September 19, 2018

Gene Roddenberry once declared that if Spock's fictional home planet Vulcan did exist, it would probably orbit the star called 40 Eridani A. Astronomers have now found this star does have a planet.

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Whales And Navy Sonar

7:19am September 19, 2018

by Steve Walsh

The Navy is rolling out its latest plan to manage wildlife in training waters. After years of legal battles, some environmentalists worry the Navy is backsliding in its latest plan.

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Harvard Psychology Professor Discusses How Trauma Affects Memory

7:14pm September 18, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with clinical psychologist Richard McNally about memory retention following traumatic events in light of the sexual assault accusations brought against Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

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Why The Way Hurricanes Are Classified Can Be Deceptive

7:14pm September 18, 2018

Meteorologists have been using a nearly 50-year-old scale to measure the wind speed and storm surge of a hurricane. But it's not a good measure for rain, which can often become the most dangerous aspect of a storm.

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Dessa went looking for the source of love in her brain, and then turned to the frontiers of neuroscience to try and heal a broken heart.

This Rapper Tried To Use Neuroscience To Get Over Her Ex

11:01am September 18, 2018

Dessa is a singer and writer from Minneapolis who spent years trying to fall out of love and get over her ex. Nothing seemed to help — until she visited a research lab for a brain scan.

Christie's exhibition space in King Street, London, United Kingdom. Exhibition of impressionists artworks in June 2014.

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Researchers Explore Gender Disparities In The Art World

9:50am September 18, 2018

by Shankar Vedantam

Researchers studied nearly 2 million art auction sales and found paintings by women fetched less money than paintings by men. Disparities that plague parts of the economy also affect the art world.

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SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk, left, shakes hands with Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, right, on Monday, after announcing that he will be the first private passenger on a trip around the moon.

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Japanese Billionaire Books First Moonshot Aboard SpaceX's 'Big Falcon Rocket'

9:48am September 18, 2018

by Giles Snyder

Yusaku Maezawa would be the first person since 1972 to travel around the moon and the first-ever private citizen to do it. He was introduced at SpaceX headquarters near Los Angeles Monday night.