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There's another image for DNA that goes beyond the double helix — bundles and bundles of loops. NPR's Arun Rath talks to researcher Suhas Rao about how this discovery could help fight disease.

NPR's Noel King talks to Dr. Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner, about New York's vaccine mandate for health care workers.

Author Siân Evans goes beyond images of wealthy women with hat boxes and includes the women below decks.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton meet Thursday on the debate stage after recent testiness on the campaign trail.

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Tuning out the chirps, peeps and trills that make up summer's insect orchestra is easy to do. But authors Lang Elliott and Wil Hershberger have captured each insect soloist — and their unique personality — in a new book that took six years to write.

Having a boyfriend is a multimedia experience in a new poem titled Remote Control by Alicia Zakon. She comes to us through Youth Radio, and is a performer with Youth Speaks, a spoken-word poetry project in San Francisco.

San Francisco's Fillmore District is known for its namesake rock venue, but once it was home to legendary jazz clubs. A new photo book preserves the record of a neighborhood that fell victim to "urban renewal."

California voters approve two ballot measures that will allow the state to borrow a record $15 billion and require a balanced budget. The vote is a major victory for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called the plan vital to the state's economic recovery and spent considerable time and money pushing for passage. Hear NPR's Ina Jaffe.

Legislators in Massachusetts give preliminary approval to an amendment to the state constitution that would ban gay marriage and legalize civil unions similar to those available in Vermont. The plan faces additional hurdles, including a state referendum in the fall of 2006. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Tovia Smith.