ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Biologist Jonathan Losos and I have at least one thing in common - we were both blown away by the late paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould's 1989 book Wonderful Life. Gould saw evolution as being all about odd contingencies, acciden

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Young People Who Do Extraordinary Things' Are The Norm In Marie Lu's YA World

DAVID GREENE, HOST: The author Marie Lu specializes in science fiction and fantasy novels for young adults. She wrote two bestselling series, Legacy and The Young Elites. Her latest novel, Warcross, was inspired by her time in the video game industry

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In Hokkaido, Being In North Korea's Missile Flight Path Means Cold War-Era Drills

DAVID GREENE, HOST: As North Korea has been advancing its nuclear program, one country especially alarmed right now is North Korea's neighbor Japan. Last Tuesday, a North Korean missile flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido. And that's where we f

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美国国家公共电台 NPR The Powerful Pull Of Opioids Leaves Many 'Missing' From U.S. Workforce

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: All right, let's talk about the estimated one and a half million unemployed Americans who have stopped looking for jobs, even though there are plenty available. This week, NPR's Yuki Noguchi has been asking how much the opioi

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美国国家公共电台 NPR A Mother And Daughter Upset Suburban Status Quo In 'Little Fires Everywhere'

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Celeste Ng's new novel is about two families in the heart of America who can't seem to see into each other's hearts. The Richardsons are a happy family with four children and a lovely home in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where, quote, the

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美国国家公共电台 NPR With A Hurricane Approaching Florida, Airline Algorithms Show No Sympathy

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: When crisis strikes, leaders often call for sacrifice. In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and in these days before Hurricane Irma churns ashore, we've seen innumerable Americans volunteer, sacrifice and even risk their lives to h

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美国国家公共电台 NPR As Boy Peers Curiously Over Border Wall, His Artist Asks: 'What Is He Thinking?'

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There is a giant baby towering over part of the barrier wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. It's a cutout of a black-and-white image of a 1-year-old Mexican boy - his face and hands. He has thick, dark hair and looks as though he's

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Deuce,' Sex Isn't Titillating — It's Business

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's been a fair amount of nostalgia for the 1970s on TV, from shows on the birth of rap music to the Netflix remake of the sitcom One Day At A Time. And now HBO has a new series set in 1970s New York City. (SOUNDBITE OF CURTIS

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Virtual Reality Project Captures Experience Of Immigrants And Refugees

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: I once snuck across the border from Tijuana to San Diego. I was with NPR's Mandalit del Barco to watch people cross illegally into this country - at night, across a highway, through a fence, through sewers and over hills, we ran wi

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美国国家公共电台 NPR With Harvey And Now Irma, Federal Funds And FEMA Are Put To The Test

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The U.S. Congress has approved - and President Trump has signed - a disaster relief measure of more than $15 billion. It's to help pay for damage caused by Hurricane Harvey and to prepare for Hurricane Irma. It's a much-needed infu

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美国国家公共电台 NPR As Hurricane Irma Nears, Gasoline Is In Short Supply For Floridians

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: There's a gasoline shortage in Florida, and it's getting worse. As Hurricane Irma heads towards the state, a lot of people are on highways, trying to get away from the storm's path. Even those that are staying put are filling their

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 6 Priorities Congress Has To Deal With In 12 Days

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Congress is back in Washington, and it's going to be a hectic September. Lawmakers were already facing urgent deadlines to avert a government shutdown and to raise the nation's debt limit. But then Hurricane Harvey hit, and today

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Get Off The Couch Baby Boomers, Or You May Not Be Able To Later

DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. Being a couch potato is not good for your health. No surprise there. But let's explore exactly what goes wrong if you sit around too much. It can increase your risk of heart disease and stroke. And new research finds that for

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Actress Chloe Bennet Wants To Change The Narrative For Asian-Americans In Hollywood

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And now we're going to spend a few minutes having a conversation about race and Hollywood. We've been having these conversations more and more these days. And one reason for that is that audiences, as well as performers, are star

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In Orange, Texas, Neighbors And Strangers Unite To Help Flood Victims

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Now to Houston and the devastation that city is facing due to Hurricane Harvey. Volunteers have come from all over to help - neighbors and strangers working together. NPR's Debbie Elliott takes us now to meet some of the pe

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In Lebanon, Syrian Refugees Met With Harassment And Hostility

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're heading overseas now to Lebanon. It is home to more refugees per capita than any other country in the world. Most of them are Syrians. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports on how public opinion in Lebanon is now turning against thos

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Poems For Houston

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Houston is beginning the long road to recovery after an historic flooding. And residents are just beginning to come to terms with the damage. Among those residents are the first responders, the reporters, the doctors but al

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Thousands Of Harvey Flood Victims Will Likely Need Long-Term Temporary Housing

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One of the most difficult parts of disaster recovery can be finding housing. Tens of thousands of Texans left homes that were destroyed or too damaged to return to any time soon. NPR's Pam Fessler reports that government officials

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Houston Police Chief Speaks About Situation In City Following Hurricane Harvey

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: In Houston, Police Chief Art Acevedo has been helping to lead the city's response to Harvey. Now as the city begins to move from the search and rescue into the recovery phase, we wanted to check back in with him. Chief Acevedo is o

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美国国家公共电台 NPR In A Houston Emergency Room, It Was A Week Like No Other

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: St. Joseph Medical Center is the only hospital in the heart of Houston's downtown. It is just down the street from the convention center where thousands of evacuees have been staying since Hurricane Harvey hit. From member station

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