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Moonwalkers' Apollo 11 capsule gets needed primping for its star turn on Earth

Moonwalkers' Apollo 11 capsule gets needed primping for its star turn on Earth

In 1969 it was the orbiting home and refuge for the first astronauts who walked on the moon. Today, after decades on display in a Smithsonian museum, the module is being restored for a national tour

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Forget Freud: Dreams replay our everyday lives

Forget Freud: Dreams replay our everyday lives

Sigmund Freud thought dreams were all about wish fulfillment and repressed desire. But scientists now think they're linked to memory processing and consciousness. And they're often quite mundane.
by Jon Hamilton

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Dr. Mae Jemison on the need for science literacy

Dr. Mae Jemison on the need for science literacy

Physician, astronaut and engineer Dr. Mae Jemison says everybody needs to be "science literate" to think their way through the day, and be a contributing member of society.
by MPR News Staff

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How your sandwich changed the world

What road did your lunch travel before it reached your plate? This video follows a BLT from the fields where it began its journey.
by NPR Staff

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Firm contracted by RNC left millions of voter files unsecured online

Firm contracted by RNC left millions of voter files unsecured online

A security researcher discovered massive troves of information about 198 million potential American voters stored on an Amazon server without as much as a password.

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A couple's quest to stop a rare disease before it takes one of them

A couple's quest to stop a rare disease before it takes one of them

Twenty years. That's how long two grad students, Sonia Vallabh and Eric Minikel, think they have before a deadly disease envelops Sonia's brain. The Massachusetts couple is now racing to find a cure.
by Rae Ellen Bichell

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DNA shows early spread of cats in human world

DNA shows early spread of cats in human world

Domestic cats are descendants of wild ancestors that learned to live with people and became relatively tame - though some cat owners would say that nowadays, they don't always seem enthusiastic about our company.
by The Associated Press

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Google intensifies campaign against online extremism

Google intensifies campaign against online extremism

Google is intensifying its campaign against online extremism, saying it will put more resources toward identifying and removing videos related to terrorism and hate groups.
by The Associated Press

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