Gurjit Kaur
Stories
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The author of "Body Beautiful" on teaching kids how to love their bodies
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with children's author Susan Verde about her book "Body Beautiful"
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Health innovations play a role in improving living standards and the economy
Health innovations are everywhere. From a cancer vaccine to an Alzheimer's blood test to a life-changing exoskeleton, we take you on a tour of the economics of health technology.
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A remembrance of Dale Webster, who surfed for 40 years
Friends remember Dale Webster, who surfed every day for decades, and who died this month at the age of 76.
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EU leaders react to the historic Trump-Putin summit
European leaders are reacting to the aftermath of the Trump-Putin summit with concern.
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy to meet with Trump on Monday
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will be meeting President Trump at the White House on Monday. However, Trump suggests he favors Vladimir Putin's approach to dealing with the war in Ukraine.
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Meet the oldest runner to complete the Badwater Ultramarathon
Eighty-year-old Bob Becker became the oldest person ever to complete the grueling Badwater 135 ultramarathon, starting in Death Valley's sweltering heat and covering three mountain ranges.
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After 150 years, a J.M.W. Turner painting resurfaces
Lost and tucked away in a private collection for over 150 years, one of J.M.W. Turner's earliest oil paintings has been rediscovered.
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Meet Hannah, the oldest living pigmy hippo in managed care
Hannah Shirley has became the oldest living pigmy hippo in managed care ever in the world. Before her posh life at the Ramona Wildlife Center in San Diego, she was living in a backyard in California.
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In 'What Will People Think?,' a Palestinian American woman must hide her stand-up comedy career
Sara Hamdan discusses her debut novel What Will People Think?, a story about a Palestinian American woman learning to chase her dreams and break cultural expectations.
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The 'Purdubik's Cube' solves the beloved puzzle in record time
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Matthew Petrohay about his team's undergraduate project at Purdue University. They built a robot that set a new world record for shortest time to solve a Rubik's cube.