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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Does access to money predict social behavior? That's the question posed by researchers Emily Bianchi and Kathleen Vohs in a new study. They dug into data for nearly 30,000 respondents of the General Social Survey - that's a lo

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Long before the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, law enforcement officials argued that terrorists use technology like encrypted communication tools to evade detection. FBI Director James Comey has made the case that encryp

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: We have a new biography to talk about - a biography with recipes. It's the story of Paula Wolfert. Wolfert lived in Marrakesh for a time and wrote the first major American cookbook from there. It's called Couscous And Other Go

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Coke versus Pepsi, French fries versus tater tots, hotdogs versus hamburgers - there are a lot of famous food rivalries, but at the University of Chicago, the real contention is between two traditional Jewish holiday dishes, l

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Steven Johnson's new book, How We Got To Now, is a history of the modern world. His vision is that technology has shaped people and society. And he follows six innovations which he believes brought us to where we are today. Hi

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Millions of computers and networks are at risk after a security flaw, which is being called Shellshock, was found last week. Now this is not a virus. It's a bug - a mistake in code. And it turns out, it's actually been around

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day or maybe not. A new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds eating breakfast or skipping it might not make much difference. Popular theory holds that people who

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This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Linda Wertheimer. I hope that most of the people listening to us today have been with their families and friends during this holiday season. We've all had nice dinners and nice talks, but maybe there is one