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How cellphone carriers prepare for hurricane season with AI, drones and 'cows'

Residents make phone calls in their neighborhood after heavy rains from hurricane Helene caused record flooding and damage on September 28, 2024 in Asheville, North.

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NPR Topics: Science•Jun 3

A science powerhouse bets on genetic therapy to beat brain disorders

Scientists who have spent decades learning how the brain works say they are ready to start fixing it when it breaks. A brain research center in Seattle called the Allen Institute is working to develop genetic therapies for diseases including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, ALS and Huntington's. HAMILTON: One reason that's possible is research funded by the BRAIN Initiative, a program announced by President Obama back in 2013.

Science•NPR Topics: Science•Jun 2

The Trump administration aims to pull science funding under tighter political control

President Trump continues to whittle away at federal science funding. RIDDLE: Well, first of all, it literally could affect any kind of federally funded science in the United States - public health, vaccines, biotechnology, social and behavioral science, climate. ELIZABETH GINEXI: When we're designing a study to a new cancer therapeutic, do you want Russell Vought, who is not a scientist, to determine which immunotherapy is ready to go into a phase 3 trial?

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Science•NPR Topics: Science•May 29

Bean plants call for aerial reinforcements when caterpillars attack

NPR's Short Wave talks about a weakness in a well-known insect repellant, how plants call wasps to their defense and how bigger rewards speed up learning, in mice. SACHA PFEIFFER, HOST: It's time now.

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Business•NPR Topics: Business•May 29

Here's how we're coping with high gas prices, according to Costco and Walmart

In the hunt for cheaper gas, people are going out of their way for discounted fuel at Costco and Walmart — many of them visiting for the first time. war in Iran continues to drive up gas prices, Costco's gas stations have been selling record amounts of fuel, executives told investors on a call Thursday. At Walmart's gas stations, in recent weeks, people have begun to fill up with fewer than ten gallons at a time, for the first time since 2022.

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Business•NPR Topics: Business•May 28

FIFA's World Cup ticket sales outraged fans. Now they are under investigation

FIFA — led by Gianni Infantino — is facing a joint probe from attorneys general in New Jersey and New York. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide.

7 min

Business•NPR Topics: Business•May 26

To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs

The Trump administration has proposed introducing a new government-wide nondisclosure agreement, or NDA, for both new employees and those already serving. The document does not mention the highest-profile disclosure of the second Trump administration: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's revelation over a Signal group chat of plans for a military strike on Yemen. The roughly 2 million people who work for the federal government are already required to safeguard confidential and proprietary information obtained on the job.

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Science•NPR Topics: Science•May 24

California chemical tank has cracked, causing state of emergency, thousands to evacuate

Some 50,000 residents of Garden Grove, California remain under an evacuation order Sunday as emergency response teams struggle to deal with a potentially explosive situation at a nearby aerospace manufacturing plant. Nobody was killed, but windows were blown out as far as 600 ft. There are still many environmental and health hazards The company which owns the plant, GKN Aerospace, said on Sunday that it was "working around the clock to mitigate the risk of a leak."

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How cellphone carriers prepare for hurricane season with AI, drones and 'cows'

A science powerhouse bets on genetic therapy to beat brain disorders

The Trump administration aims to pull science funding under tighter political control

Bean plants call for aerial reinforcements when caterpillars attack

Here's how we're coping with high gas prices, according to Costco and Walmart

FIFA's World Cup ticket sales outraged fans. Now they are under investigation

To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs

California chemical tank has cracked, causing state of emergency, thousands to evacuate

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A science powerhouse bets on genetic therapy to beat brain disorders

The Trump administration aims to pull science funding under tighter political control

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FIFA's World Cup ticket sales outraged fans. Now they are under investigation

To stop leaks, the Trump administration wants federal workers to sign NDAs

California chemical tank has cracked, causing state of emergency, thousands to evacuate

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SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on a test flight

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