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  • Bush - Environment
    On the banks of the Skykomish River in Monroe, Washington today, Republican Presidential nominee George W. Bush announced a $5 billion environmental initiative. Bush said the program was needed to improve maintenance and resource protection in the National Park System. Aides hope the event will get the campaign back on message after days of distraction. Andy Bowers, of NPR News, is with the Bush campaign.
  • A new study of the dental plaques of three Neanderthals reveals surprising facts about their lives, including what they ate, the diseases that ailed them and how they self-medicated (and smooched). (Above) An illustration of Neanderthals in Spain shows them preparing to eat plants and mushrooms.
    Some Neanderthals Were Vegetarian — And They Likely Kissed Our Human Ancestors
    A new study of the dental plaques of three Neanderthals reveals surprising facts about their lives, including what they ate, the diseases that ailed them and how they self-medicated (and smooched).
  • Top U.S. General On COVID-19, Reorienting For Great Power Competition
    Steve Inskeep talks to Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the coronavirus threat within the ranks of the military, and guarding against a power competition with China.
  • Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk.
    Just What's Inside Those Breasts?
    In her new book, Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History, Florence Williams offers her take on why breasts are getting bigger and developing earlier, why tumors seem to gravitate toward the breast, and how toxins from the environment may be affecting hormones and breast development.
  • Composer Karen Power records quadrophonic sound in natural environments using an ambi mic (on the ground), and sometimes a parabolic mic (held) to gather material for music compositions.
    Composer captures the pulsing flow of cicada calls in Central Illinois
    The rare emergence of two broods of periodic cicadas at one time in parts of Central Illinois has attracted international attention from those who want to hear the pulsating and ear-piercing mating choruses.
  • McDonald's said Friday its restaurants across the U.K. and Ireland will start swapping out plastic straws for paper ones.
    McDonald's Says It's Ditching Plastic Straws In U.K. And Ireland
    McDonald's also says it will test alternatives to plastic straws in some restaurants in the U.S. and several other countries later this year.
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    GLT Sound Ideas 2/15/19
    (1:25) Project Oz client Tre Whitelow says it's not easy to find a living wage job in Bloomington Normal. Ryan Denham reports on a Project Oz program…
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    GLT Sound Ideas 08/16/17
    There are other reasons to like brick streets than historical authenticity or neighborhood environment. Economics are a factor too. A master plan for…
  • A protester dressed as Donald Trump demonstrates outside the U.S. Embassy in London.
    Trump Says He Has 'Open Mind' On Climate, But Staff Pick Raises Questions
    Myron Ebell has been chosen to lead the president-elect's transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency. Ebell is a well known climate change skeptic.
  • Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    Award-winning journalist Richard Harris has reported on a wide range of topics in science, medicine and the environment since he joined NPR in 1986. In early 2014, his focus shifted from an emphasis on climate change and the environment to biomedical research.
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