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Author Interviews

'Just Show Up': Sheryl Sandberg On How To Help Someone Who's Grieving

The Facebook executive lost her husband in 2015. She says, "Rather than offer to do something, it's often better to do anything. Just do something specific." Her new book is called Option B.

The larvae of Galleria mellonella, commonly known as a wax worm, is able to biodegrade plastic bags. Wayne Boo/USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab hide caption

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The Lowly Wax Worm May Hold The Key To Biodegrading Plastic

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An illustration of a fetal lamb inside the "artificial womb" device, which mimics the conditions inside a pregnant animal. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia hide caption

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Scientists Create Artificial Womb That Could Help Prematurely Born Babies

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There are coffeehouses and restaurants along Saginaw Street in downtown Flint, Mich. Ten years ago, there were almost none. Sarah Rice/Getty Images hide caption

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Fighting Steep Odds, Flint Starts To See Bright Spots

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Sara Leibold (left) at the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail in 2011. Rhys Hora is thru-hiking the trail this year. Courtesy of Sara Leibold/Courtesy of Rhys Hora hide caption

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What You Learn Hiking The Whole Appalachian Trail

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The Ford Motor Co. display at this year's Shanghai auto show, which goes on until April 28, is filled with SUVs and electric hybrid vehicles. The U.S. automaker has announced it will electrify 70 percent of its vehicles in China by 2025. This comes as Beijing is calling on automakers to sell more electric vehicles. Rob Schmitz/NPR hide caption

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China Moves To Increase Number Of Electric Vehicles On Its Roads

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'Just Show Up': Sheryl Sandberg On How To Help Someone Who's Grieving

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Ella Fitzgerald singing at the Hammersmith Odeon in 1963. Ronald Dumont/Getty Images hide caption

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Remembering Ella Fitzgerald, Who Made Great Songs Greater

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President Obama designated the Bears Ears National Monument in December. Here, the namesake "bears ears" are pictured from Cedar Mesa, in the southeast Utah high desert. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption

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Trump To Sign Executive Order That Could Shrink National Monuments

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