AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The federal government set up a network last year to identify deadly germs called nightmare bacteria. Today the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that network is helping control these germs. And the CDC says the sys...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: In college, it's hard to learn while you're hungry. That's a message Temple University education professor Sara Goldrick-Rab has been hitting for her whole career. She self identifies as a scholar activist. She's advocated for fr...
AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The mysterious death of a Border Patrol agent in West Texas last November led to two opposing theories. Some folks were convinced that smugglers or illegal border crossers attacked the agent with rocks. The local sheriff says he...
MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: This is what TV crime drama sounded like before Hill Street Blues. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, DRAGNET) UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As character) Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true. The names have been change...
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: If you eat less food, can you live longer? Scientists have debated this question for years. Some studies in fish, rats and monkeys suggests that doing so actually can help you live longer. But there have been very few studies in...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A school shooting in Florida prompted a nationwide drive for more gun laws, but cities in Florida are not likely to join in. The state of Florida did impose a waiting period for gun purchases and raised the age for gun sales to 2...
STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: And experience in a country with enormous numbers of war wounds has led to techniques that heal them more quickly. A Harvard team developed the new technologies. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports the work was inspired by one scientist's...
A 'Ragged School' Gives U.K. Children A Taste Of Dickensian Destitution SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: Charles Dickens made the East End of London infamous. In his time, it was rife with poverty and crime. Today, row houses in the gentrified area cost more th...
Poetry Month: What Makes A Haiku A Haiku? SARAH MCCAMMON, HOST: It's April 1, a day of celebrations - April Fools' Day, Easter Sunday and the first day of Poetry Month. Twitter is now officially open to your submissions to hashtag #nprpoetry. Every y...
