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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The dream of gene therapy took a big step forward today. A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee unanimously endorsed the first gene therapy for an inherited disorder. NPR health correspondent Rob Stein is with us now f

美国国家公共电台 NPR Steve Ramirez: If We Could Erase Memories ... Should We?

GUY RAZ, HOST: So we've just been hearing from Elizabeth about how easy it is to manipulate memories through the power of suggestion. But what if we could take it one step further? (SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) RAZ: So, Steve, first of all, introduce yourself

美国国家公共电台 NPR Ali Velshi: In An Age Of ＂Alternative Facts,＂ How Do We Know What's True?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today, ideas about manipulation, about truth and lies and what happens when sometimes it's hard for people to see the difference. ALI VELSHI: I think manipulation is trying

美国国家公共电台 NPR Elizabeth Loftus: How Can Our Memories Be Manipulated?

GUY RAZ, HOST: When most people think of memory, they think of like a hard drive and our brain that just records things and etches it into our brain. ELIZABETH LOFTUS: Yes. RAZ: And from time to time, we can recall those events with a fair amount of

美国国家公共电台 NPR Jackie Chan Jumps Back Into The Action With 'The Foreigner'

DAVID GREENE, HOST: You know, when you watch a Jackie Chan movie, come on, you know exactly what you're in for. (SOUNDBITE OF FIGHTING SCENE) GREENE: Which is why, when I got the chance to talk to him, I heard about this fact, and I was like, really?

美国国家公共电台 NPR Palestinian Play 'The Siege' Finally Gets U.S. Premiere

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A new play in New York centers on Palestinian militants who hid from the Israeli army for over a month in 2002 inside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports that The Siege, not surprisingly, is controversial

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tristan Harris: Do Our Devices Control More Than We Think?

GUY RAZ, HOST: It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. So these days, our attention is pretty much up for grabs. (SOUNDBITE OF TYPING ON SMARTPHONE, SNAPCHAT ALERTS) RAZ: And the stuff that's trying the hardest to get it... (SOUNDBITE OF TYPIN

美国国家公共电台 NPR U.S. Slashes Funds For Family Planning In Madagascar

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美国国家公共电台 NPR This Boy Scout Welcomes Girls To His Troop

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This week, the Boy Scouts of America decided to allow girls into its scouting program. Families are figuring out what this week's announcement means. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch caught up with a few parents and Scouts in Seattle. ANNA BOIK

美国国家公共电台 NPR Floating Away Your Anxiety And Stress

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: But if you'd rather unplug completely, there's another option. It's called float therapy, and it's pretty much what it sounds like. You float your anxieties away in a pool. Sounds nice, but is there any evidence that it works? Jo

美国国家公共电台 NPR Mindfulness Apps Aim To Help People Disconnect From Stress

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Wildfires, hurricanes, confrontational politics, nuclear threats. I mean, it is no wonder the American Psychological Association has found a significant increase in Americans' stress levels this year. So if you are looking for a w

美国国家公共电台 NPR From Hamilton To Grant: Ron Chernow Paints A 'Farsighted' President in New Biography

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美国国家公共电台 NPR 'I Could Do So Much More:' Pink On 'Beautiful Trauma'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Finally today, she's gotten us pumped up for parties, consoled us through breakups, encouraged the misfits, made the meek feel strong. For close to 20 years now, Pink has offered songs that are honest, sometimes heartbreaking but

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sword Swallower Makes Triumphant Return As He Battles Severe Health Issues

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're going to spend the next few minutes talking with artists and performers who are taking their work in new directions. And we're going to start with Johnny Fox. Fox is a sword swallower whose humor and bravado have made him a

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Chadwick Boseman On His New Role As 'Marshall'

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: And finally, we have one more film to tell you about that opened Friday. It focuses on a little-known moment in the career of the late civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall. Long before Marshall became the first African-American to

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'More Than A Political Status': Ai WeiWei Captures Scale Of Global Refugee Crisis

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Now to an artist who has been recognized all over the world for his art installations and dissident activism in China, activism that cost him years under house arrest. We're talking about Ai Weiwei. When his passport was reissued

美国国家公共电台 NPR Tom Hanks Is Obsessed With Typewriters (So He Wrote A Book About Them)

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Here is a guy who is crazy - just crazy about typewriters. TOM HANKS: I have too many typewriters, David. You want one. I should have brought one for you and the staff... GREENE: (Laughter) Next time. HANKS: ...Just to help out, m

美国国家公共电台 NPR Puerto Rico's Christopher Columbus Statue Survives Hurricane Maria

DAVID GREENE, HOST: Puerto Ricans say it is taller than the Statue of Liberty. This is the tallest statue of Christopher Columbus in the world we're talking about. It's a towering, 350-foot tall bronze statue of the explorer, and it is perched on the

美国国家公共电台 NPR What Is — And Isn't — Covered By The Iranian Nuclear Deal

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: President Trump has called the Iran nuclear agreement an embarrassment, and he's threatened to declare Iran in violation of it. The president's main complaint is the agreement does not address what the U.S. considers Iran's bad b

美国国家公共电台 NPR 'This Was A Beautiful Place': Puerto Rico's Coffee Farms Devastated By Maria

KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: When Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico almost three weeks ago, it caused much destruction across the island, including the small agricultural sector. By some estimates, 80 percent of crops were destroyed. NPR's Merrit Kennedy repor