NPR News: Perspective: A Heart Device Can Save Lives But Doctors Need To Explain The Downsides9/30/2018
Perspective: A Heart Device Can Save Lives, But Doctors Need To Explain The Downsides
A mechanical pump can be life-saving for heart failure patients or it can cause dangerous complications. Doctors can do a better job at explaining the reasons some patients may want to opt out. Read more on NPR
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Holly Ridings On Breaking A Glass Ceiling At NASA
Holly Ridings, NASA's first-ever female chief flight director, weighs in on being a woman in the field with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro. Read more on NPR
The Flight Of The Condors, And Their Audience
Hundreds of condor groupies flocked to a spot on the Utah-Arizona border to witness the annual release of young condors into the wild. Read more on NPR
EPA To Dissolve Office Of Science Advisor
As part of a broader reorganization, the EPA will eliminate the science advisor role created to counsel acting EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler. Critics fear the move is a further demotion of scientific research. Read more on NPR
Boys And Masculinity In America
NPR's Scott Simon talks with author and psychologist Michael Thompson about masculinity and boys' emotions after emotional hearings this week. Read more on NPR
'Extremely Rare' 2-Headed Snake Stuns Social Media, Charms Scientists
A Virginia state herpetologist says finding the mutated copperhead in a resident's yard earlier this month is an "extraordinarily rare" occurrence. Even more stunning, he says, is that it's alive. Read more on NPR ![]() Syphilis Rises Sharply Among Newborns By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Along with an increase in adult infections, the rate of infants born with the disease has reached a 20-year high. Published: September 27, 2018 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2OYQdsk ![]() In Hong Kong, Hepatitis E Strain Jumps From Rats to Humans By DANIEL VICTOR and TIFFANY MAY Researchers stressed the seriousness of even one case of animal-to-human infection in densely populated areas. Published: September 27, 2018 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2xWFRC9
The Effects Of Sexual Assault On The Brain
NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Jim Hopper, a teaching associate at Harvard Medical School, about sexual assault and its effects on the brain. Read more on NPR ![]() After Neil Armstrong Walked on the Moon, He Asked His Sons ‘Are You Mowing the Grass?’ By KENNETH CHANG With an upcoming auction of the astronaut’s keepsakes, his sons reflect on an unusual childhood. Published: September 27, 2018 at 07:00PM via NYT Science https://ift.tt/2Qe5TYU |
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