For Homeless, A Home May Be The Best Rehab March 31, 2009 • The traditional way to help the homeless is to find them a temporary shelter, help them get sober and then look for a permanent housing. But a newly popular approach called "Housing First" turns all that upside down. It finds the permanent place to live first, even if the person is still drinking or using drugs. According to a new study, having a home is therapeutic by itself. For Homeless, A Home May Be The Best Rehab Listen · 4:07 4:07 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102563819/102576314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Conrad Pledges End-Around If Budget Vote Blocked March 30, 2009 • As Congress begins a budget debate this week, a top Senate Democrat says a parliamentary tactic may be employed if Republicans try to block funding for President Obama's health care initiative.
Wild Sounds Mating Rituals: Hammerhead Bats Honk To Woo March 30, 2009 • Male hammerhead bats are built to sing … for sex. These bats have huge heads, fluted lips and a larynx that takes up more than half the body. It's all to amplify their mating calls. Mating Rituals: Hammerhead Bats Honk To Woo Listen · 2:59 2:59 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/101784365/102492799" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Technology The Three Mile Island Disaster, Revisited March 28, 2009 • Jacki Lyden marks the 30-year anniversary of the accident at Pennsylvania's Three Mile Island nuclear power plant with a look back at NPR's coverage. The Three Mile Island Disaster, Revisited Listen · 3:30 3:30 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102473168/102473154" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Science Out Of The Box Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power March 28, 2009 • Remember playing with dolls or action figures, using your imagination to create fantastic worlds in your own bedroom? These new toys also use the power of the mind - they're controlled by brain waves. Levitation Toys Really Test Brain Power Listen · 4:47 4:47 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102472655/102473155" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Homegrown Eggs Color Easter Celebration March 28, 2009 • With Easter just around the corner, lots of people are making plans to decorate eggs. But one family in rural Custer County, Colo., doesn't need to get out the dye, because they'll use strangely colorful, homegrown eggs. Homegrown Eggs Color Easter Celebration Listen · 2:59 2:59 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102468818/102468908" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Dairies Strive To Go Green: Turning Waste To Watts March 27, 2009 • Cows are big, they eat a lot, and, well, they produce a lot of manure. All this waste can have a negative impact on water and the environment, and some industrial dairies are working to make their facilities greener. Enter the digestor: It's a system that captures the methane from cow manure and turns it into electricity for the power grid.
Researchers Monitor Eruptions At Mt. Redoubt March 27, 2009 • The Alaskan volcano Mount Redoubt erupted again on Wednesday, sending smoke and ash high into the air. David Schneider, geophysicist at the USGS Alaskan Volcano Observatory, describes the activity at the 10,200-foot volcano, which is about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage. Researchers Monitor Eruptions At Mt. Redoubt Listen · 8:44 8:44 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102428956/102428939" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Alaska's Coast Disappearing At Record Rates March 27, 2009 • Reporting in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers find that a portion of the Alaskan coast is eroding at a rate of 45 feet per year. Chris Arp, a research ecologist at the U.S. Geological Survey in Anchorage, explains why the coast is crumbling faster than before. Alaska's Coast Disappearing At Record Rates Listen · 13:01 13:01 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102428951/102428938" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National NOAA Head Jane Lubchenco On Ocean Policy March 27, 2009 • What is on the horizon for the U.S. role in ocean management? Jane Lubchenco, newly-confirmed administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), discusses her top priorities for ocean policy — from forming a National Climate Service to ending overfishing. NOAA Head Jane Lubchenco On Ocean Policy Listen · 25:57 25:57 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102428947/102428937" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment 20 Years Since Exxon Valdez, New Ocean Threats? March 27, 2009 • Two decades since the catastrophic oil spill in Prince William Sound, today's threats to the ocean — from acidification to dead zones — are harder to see. Philippe Cousteau, of EarthEcho International, and Peter Seligmann, chairman of Conservation International, discuss the ocean environment. 20 Years Since Exxon Valdez, New Ocean Threats? Listen · 9:07 9:07 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102428942/102428936" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Culture Does 'Watchmen' Hold Hidden Physics Lessons? March 27, 2009 • Can superhero movies teach audiences about science? Dave Gibbons, author and artist of the Watchmen comic series, discusses the science behind the superheroes in his story. Physics professor James Kakalios talks about teaching science to the Watchmen actors and stuntmen. Does 'Watchmen' Hold Hidden Physics Lessons? Listen · 21:33 21:33 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102428962/102428941" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Tesla Rolls Out Electric Sedan For Less Than $50K March 27, 2009 • California's Tesla Motors made a name for itself with its sleek but very expensive all-electric sports car. But the company always planned to build a more affordable, family-style sedan. Now it's debuting the Model S, with a price tag under $50,000. Tesla Rolls Out Electric Sedan For Less Than $50K Listen · 3:13 3:13 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102416417/102416406" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Herring School For Safer Sex March 26, 2009 • Hidden below the deep, dark ocean, millions of herring come together in a nightly ritual migration in order to mate. Herring School For Safer Sex Listen · 3:54 3:54 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/102377928/102390748" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Inside The Volcano's Plume, A Thunderstorm Rages March 25, 2009 • Those dense, dusty toxic clouds around volcanic eruptions have hidden a secret from most volcano watchers for thousands of years: Inside the plumes, lightning-covered cyclones howl, spitting out waterspouts and dust devils.