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  • Cutting Tree Trunk

    Audio Chip on Your Shoulder

    A chip is a small piece of something, like a chip of wood. How this chip gets on a person’s shoulder and where it might fall are our topics for today’s program | Words and Their Stories More

  • A crew member looks out an observation window from a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) AP-3C Orion aircraft while searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 over the southern Indian Ocean, March 26, 2014.

    Audio Search for Malaysian Airplane Ends Third Week

    The airplane, its 239 passengers and crew members disappeared on a flight from Malaysia to China. On Friday, Australian officials said new evidence has led them to move the search area about 1,100 kilometers to the northeast in the Indian Ocean. | In The News More

  • Chief Minister Gujarat and Bharatiya Janata Party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi presents flowers to US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell.

    Audio US Hopes to Improve Relations with India

    Ambassador's resignation could improve India ties. Also, NASA scientists test new aircraft designs | As It Is More

  • Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States, is seen in this undated photo.

    Audio Whigs See Chance to Defeat Van Buren

    Martin Van Buren was a skilled, political innovator. But in 1840, the opposition party used his own techniques against him. The Whigs nominated a military hero they believed the people would love, General William Henry Harrison. | The Making of a Nation - Program No. 50 More

  • Medical personnel enter a hospital to receive suspected Ebola virus patients in Conakry, Guinea.

    Audio West Africans Fear Spread of Ebola Virus

    The first case of Ebola virus was reported last month in Guinea’s southeastern forest area. The outbreak has caused widespread fear that the deadly virus will spread across borders. Also, experts suggest why the U.S. Congress gets so little work done | As It Is More

  • Malaria net

    Audio Worldwide Fight Against Malaria Appears to Succeed

    The World Health Organization estimates half of the world’s population is at risk of malaria. Mosquito nets still best way to prevent infection. Researchers have developed a device that identifies malaria infection in seconds, and without blood | Science in the News More

  • A Ukrainian border guard takes position during training at a military camp in the village of Alekseyevka on the Ukrainian-Russian border, eastern Ukraine,

    Audio What Led to Russian Occupation of Crimea?

    Russia completes its occupation of Crimea, and American observers debate his actions. Also, U.N. says Earth is getting warmer | As It Is More

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