Kai McNamee
Stories
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Science
The space missions that aim to explore distant moons
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with astrobiologists Catherine Neish and Kevin Hand about missions to Saturn's moon Titan and Jupiter's moon Europa, to search for conditions that could support life.
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Science
Study provides most detailed analysis yet of how baleen whales produce sound
Scientists have long struggled to study how whales produce sound. A new paper in the journal Nature paints the most complete picture yet of how baleen whales produce their iconic, haunting calls.
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Arts & Life
The Valentine's Day Bandit died last year — but the tradition he started lives on
Residents of Portland, Maine, woke up Wednesday to see their city covered in paper hearts. Despite the famed Valentine's Day Bandit's death last year, the tradition continues.
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National
Folk singer Melanie, known for 'Brand New Key' and Woodstock, dies at 76
American folk singer Melanie has died at 76. Best known for her song "Brand New Key," she said the first big break of her career was playing at Woodstock in 1969.
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Arts & Life
His spacecraft sprung a leak. Then this NASA astronaut accidentally broke a record
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio holds the record for the longest U.S. space flight, but he wasn't trying to earn that title.
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National
After a year in space, NASA astronaut reflects on the unexpectedly long trip
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who holds the U.S. record for longest space flight, about his unexpectedly long stay aboard the International Space Station.
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Politics
Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta weighs in on Secretary Austin
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Obama's Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why it took the Pentagon three days to tell the White House that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.
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Politics
Her reporting exposed Epstein. She tells NPR why documents naming powerful men matter
Julie K. Brown's reporting for the Miami Herald in 2017 and 2018 led to more charges for Epstein and identified nearly 80 of his victims.
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Science
Army ants use collective intelligence to build bridges. Robots could learn from them
As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.
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Arts & Life
Beirut's Zach Condon on drawing inspiration from the dark winters of Norway
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Zach Condon, the creative force behind the band Beirut, about his new album Hadsel, and drawing inspiration from the dark winter of arctic Norway.