Christopher Intagliata
Stories
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Food
Mushroom foragers find $4,000 worth of the fun guys known as chanterelles
Dan Gebhart and Jordan Anderson are mushroom foraging friends in California that came across $4,000 worth of chanterelles — a highly coveted wild mushroom.
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Science
Need to break up with someone? Baboons have found a good way to do it, study finds
Just like humans, groups of baboons sometimes break off relations. Scientists have studied the dynamics of such breakups and say baboons tend to split up in a cooperative, egalitarian way.
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Environment
New sounds show how life is back in recovered corals reefs
A new study shows that restoring coral reefs can bring ecosystems back to life — and with them, their sounds.
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Environment
Why Orcas have been lingering longer in the Arctic
Orcas are lingering longer in the Arctic Ocean, as sea ice there shrinks. The whales often travel to access varieties of prey, but it's likely there are now more hunting opportunities in the Arctic.
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Arts & Life
New technique uncovers the history of a painting through the paint used
By analyzing white lead paint in Dutch paintings from the 1600s, including works by Rembrandt and Rubens, scientists were able to devise a new line of evidence for dating and authenticating paintings.
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National
No end in sight for Major League Baseball lockout
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Chelsea Janes of The Washington Post about Major League Baseball's lockout and the ramifications it could have for the future of the sport.
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Science
We may be one step closer to storing data in DNA
Researchers at Microsoft have developed a faster way to write data into DNA — a biological alternative to the bits on a hard drive.
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National
Law professor on his amicus brief in support of Mississippi overturning Roe v. Wade
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with O. Carter Snead, law professor at Notre Dame, about the legal standing for anti-abortion arguments at the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
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National
Sherif Zaki, CDC disease detective, is dead at age 65
Sherif Zaki, a legendary disease expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who was known for his photographic memory and knack for solving tough disease mysteries, has died at 65.
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Science
Climate change and city lights are tricking trees into growing leaves too soon
A study of trees in dozens of cities found that urban heat and light pollution are pushing urban trees to sprout leaves about a week earlier than trees in more rural settings.