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Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic?

The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, dug in the mid-1960s, allows scientists a three-dimensional look at frozen ground. Kate Ramsayer/NASA hide caption

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Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic?

Just what exactly is permafrost? And what is happening now that it's warming up? To find out, we enter the Arctic Circle's secret world of ice and frozen history.

News Brief: Republicans Rally Behind Nunes Memo, Trump Heads To Davos

by Ryan Lucas , Mara Liasson , Jason Beaubien

News Brief: Republicans Rally Behind Nunes Memo, Trump Heads To Davos

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Rep. Meehan Denies Sexually Harassing Younger Staffer

by Scott Detrow

Rep. Meehan Denies Sexually Harassing Younger Staffer

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Newlyweds Separated By Bureaucracy

by Matt Katz

Newlyweds Separated By Bureaucracy

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Movements and Melodies

You've Waited, Now It's Here: The Smartphone-Powered Nose Hair Trimmer

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Saving a Life Richard Houghten

Trump To Talk Up His Economic Policies At Davos

by Mara Liasson

Trump To Talk Up His Economic Policies At Davos

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Investigation Finds Troubling Behavior By Garrison Keillor

by Matt Sepic

Investigation Finds Troubling Behavior By Garrison Keillor

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The Influence Of Ursula K. Le Guin

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The Influence Of Ursula K. Le Guin

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First Steps Shook

How Hockey Took Hold In Las Vegas

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TV Review: 'Waco'

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TV Review: 'Waco'

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These Boots Are Made For Walking William August Hunt

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The FBI And The Nunes Memo

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The FBI And The Nunes Memo

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The GOP's Change On Immigration

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The GOP's Change On Immigration

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Philadelphia Says It Supports Supervised Drug Injection Sites

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Philadelphia Says It Supports Supervised Drug Injection Sites

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Guided by the Glowing Sea The American Dollar

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The Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility, dug in the mid-1960s, allows scientists a three-dimensional look at frozen ground. Kate Ramsayer/NASA hide caption

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Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic?

by Michaeleen Doucleff

Is There A Ticking Time Bomb Under The Arctic?

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Oceans Ensidya

Man Bites Dog

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The Government Shutdown And Bipartisanship

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3 USA Gymnastics Board Members Resign

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3 USA Gymnastics Board Members Resign

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door to the cosmos Chihei Hatakeyama

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Volcano [Instrumental] Damien Rice

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Pakistani Authorities Arrest Suspect In Rape And Murder Of Young Girl

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Pakistani Authorities Arrest Suspect In Rape And Murder Of Young Girl

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Democrats Didn't Cave On Deal To Reopen Government, Sen. Jones Says

Democratic Sen. Doug Jones of Alabama voted to end the shutdown in exchange for a promise the Senate will consider protecting child immigrants brought illegally to the U.S. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption

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Democrats Didn't Cave On Deal To Reopen Government, Sen. Jones Says

by Steve Inskeep

Democrats Didn't Cave On Deal To Reopen Government, Sen. Jones Says

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Bill Would Reduce Legal Immigration And Crack Down On Sanctuary Cities

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Gunmen Attack Save The Children Office In Afghanistan

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