Know That THX 'Sound' Before Movies? That's Actually 20,000 Lines Of Code
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View ArticleNotes On A Month Spent Embedded In Afghanistan
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit ARUN RATH, HOST: Our own producer, Rebecca Hersher, is just back from a six-week reporting trip where she was embedded with the Afghan army. Now she's back with...
View ArticleLebanon Evicted Syrians From A Refugee Camp; They Refused To Go
The Syrian refugee crisis is getting worse by the day.Not only are more refugees fleeing into Lebanon, but aid to those who have already arrived is being cut dramatically.The United Nations World Food...
View ArticleRemembering 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, The Wrestler So Tough, He Wore A Kilt
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View ArticleFollowing Controversial Remarks, Trump Gets Uninvited To Conservative Confab
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View ArticlePillow Fight Packs Some Pain, As Some Cadets Play Dirty
Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit ARUN RATH, HOST: Life is intense for cadets at the Military Academy at West Point. With intense physical training and battle simulations, people can get hurt. And...
View ArticleObama Begins Visit To New York, With A Meeting With Putin On Itinerary
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View ArticleOut Of 'The Object Lesson,' An Education In The Power Of Kept Things
Sunday is my last broadcast as host of Weekend All Things Considered at NPR West. I'm moving back to Boston, and with packing well underway, after the broadcast I'll be sleeping between piles of...
View ArticleSwapping The Street For The Orchard, City Dwellers Take Their Pick Of Fruit
Urban foraging might call to mind images of hipsters picking food out of the trash.But one group in Massachusetts eats only the finest, freshest produce. The League of Urban Canners harvests fruit from...
View Article'Today We Are His Family': Teen Volunteers Mourn Those Who Died Alone
On the drive to Fairview Cemetery in the Boston neighborhood of Hyde Park, six seniors from Roxbury Latin boys' school sit in silent reflection. Mike Pojman, the school's assistant headmaster and...
View ArticleHarvard Law School's Crest Could Fall Beneath A Wave Of Student Protest
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Yesterday, the dean of Harvard Law School endorsed a recommendation to change the school's official shield because it contains the crest of...
View ArticleHistory Of Slavery, Future Of Diversity Still At Issue At Harvard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DNEgvjdM1k On Friday, the Dean of Harvard Law School, Martha Minow, endorsed a recommendation to change the school's official shield. That's because the shield contains...
View ArticleFor Mass. High School Students, New Transgender Rules Are The Old Normal
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View ArticleLawyers For Sept. 11 Plotters Try To Save Defendants From Death Penalty
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View ArticleGuantanamo's Camp 5 Closes As Detainee Population Shrinks
The construction of Camp 5 at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay back in 2003 was taken as a sign that the prison was there to stay— "evolving from wire mesh to concrete," as reporter Charlie...
View ArticleThis Doctor Is Trying To Stop Heart Attacks In Their Tracks
When Harry Selker was working as a cardiologist in the 1970s, clot-busting drugs were showing great promise against heart attacks. But their life-saving properties were very time sensitive. "If you...
View ArticleTrump Inherits Guantanamo's Remaining Detainees
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it had transferred 10 more Guantanamo detainees , this time to Oman. Now, 45 remain at the facility , leaving challenges on what to do with...
View ArticleKorean War Soldier Receives Proper Burial In Mass. Hometown
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: The U.S. Army medic has finally received a proper burial. More than half a century ago, he was declared missing in the Korean War. His remains...
View ArticleThe Science Of Identifying Soldier Remains
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View ArticleIn Reno, Nev., Homegrown Startups Fuel Tech Transformation
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