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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: One year ago, a well-known intensive care physician announced that he just might have come across a cure for sepsis. This deadly reaction to infection kills around a quarter of a million people in the U.S. each year. It's the leadi

美国国家公共电台 NPR Doctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes

Doctors In China Lead Race To Treat Cancer By Editing Genes RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The new genetic engineering technique known as CRISPR is revolutionizing scientific research and stirring up a whole lot of excitement about new ways to treat diseases.

美国国家公共电台 NPR Like Lemons? Quinoa? Thank This Food Explorer For Bringing Them To Your Plate

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The American dinner plate today is an exercise in variety, and that's thanks in part to a man named David Fairchild. He was a government botanist at the end of the 19th century. Back then, meals were mostly about sustenance, and Fa

美国国家公共电台 NPR The 'Garlic Girls,' South Korea's Curlers, Are A Surprise Olympics Sensation

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: These Olympic Games have created a number of breakout stars, including the Garlic Girls. That's the nickname of the South Korean women's curling team whose members all come from the same garlic-producing hometown. NPR's Elise Hu ha

美国国家公共电台 NPR Actor Michael Stuhlbarg On His Approach To Playing Real-Life Characters

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: When we say someone's having a breakout year in Hollywood, we're often talking about an ingenue in their 20s starring in a sequel to some big-budget franchise. Well, Michael Stuhlbarg is having a breakout year in Hollywood, and he

美国国家公共电台 NPR This 'Gray Hat' Hacker Breaks Into Your Car — To Prove A Point

RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The Internet is in the midst of a revolution. We won't just be using it to search for stuff, watch videos or send email. It's going to control cars, washers, dryers, even toasters. And that's what it means when you hear that phra

美国国家公共电台 NPR Disney Says Promised Bonus Depends On Workers Signing Wage Contract

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: When Congress passed a sweeping tax overhaul last December, it lowered the corporate tax rate, and dozens of companies promised to share the good fortune with employees. The Walt Disney Company was among them, offering its wo

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美国国家公共电台 NPR Rick Gates Pleads Guilty And Begins Cooperating With Mueller's Russia Investigation

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: President Trump's former deputy campaign manager is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller. In a courtroom in Washington today, lobbyist Richard Gates pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lies. The plea is the latest advance i

美国国家公共电台 NPR Massacre Of Teens In Norway Retold As A Feature Film

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As the teenage survivors of last week's high school shooting in Parkland, Fla., speak out and demand tighter gun control regulations, the young victims of the 2011 massacre in Norway still struggle to find their voices. A new movie

美国国家公共电台 NPR Patton Oswalt On His Late Wife's Search For The Golden State Killer

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Michelle McNamara was a writer engrossed with true crime. She worked on Hollywood pilots and screenplays and created the website truecrimediary.com. She connected the dots of blood and evidence of a series of as many as 50 sexual a

美国国家公共电台 NPR From 'Bonk' To 'Bombs' And 'Fly Swat': A Guide To Olympic Slang

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Olympic sports have their own special vernacular, slang terms that NPR's Melissa Block has been collecting throughout the games. MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: Seems a lot of the lingo has to do with disaster, which strikes often in these

美国国家公共电台 NPR Montana Wildfires Provide A Wealth Of Data On Health Effects Of Smoke Exposure

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Wildfires in the Seeley Lake area of Montana this summer were longer and more intense than any in recent memory. Though they didn't reach B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Nora Saks with Montana Public Radio reports that

美国国家公共电台 NPR Sometimes We Feel More Comfortable Talking To A Robot

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: As we interact more with machines, smart speakers, self-checkout kiosks, I wonder if we'll even start to have relationships with machines. As part of her series on how artists and criminals use technology, NPR's Laura Sydell introd

美国国家公共电台 NPR Scientists Aim To Pull Peer Review Out Of The 17th Century

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The technology that drives science forward accelerates all the time, but science communication - not so much. The basic process still holds many vestiges from its early days - the 17th century, that is. NPR's Richard Harris reports

美国国家公共电台 NPR Educators Fear And Embrace Calls For Concealed Carry In The Classroom

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: President Trump has touted the idea of teachers carrying concealed guns in classrooms. The response has been sharply divided. But it's already happening in a handful of states, including Ohio. From WCPN Ideastream in Cleveland, Ann

美国国家公共电台 NPR It's Hard To Imagine How Armed Teachers Might Change Schools

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: What would our schools really be like if teachers carried guns in their classrooms, if, as President Trump suggested at this week's White House meeting with families who have suffered through school shootings, 20 percent of teacher

美国国家公共电台 NPR Boom In Antler Pet Chews May Have Opened A Black Market

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: At fancy pet stores across the country, pieces of antlers and horns are flying off the shelves. And they are sold as a healthy, all-natural chew toy for dogs. But as Alaska Public Media's Zachariah Hughes reports, some hunt

美国国家公共电台 NPR When Wildfire Smoke Invades, Who Should Pay To Clean Indoor Air?

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: This past wildfire season, there were unprecedented amounts of wildfire smoke in communities across western Montana. Instead of just issuing warnings, public health agencies tried something new - actually making the air cle

美国国家公共电台 NPR In 'The Undressing,' Li-Young Lee Processes Violence And Beauty Of Human Connection

SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: In his latest book, The Undressing, poet Li-Young Lee explores the beauty and violence of human relationships and connection. LI-YOUNG LEE: (Reading) I loved you before I was born. It doesn't make sense, I know. I saw your eyes