Mary Louise Kelly
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Animals
Cape fur seals can recognize their pup's calls just two hours after birth
Cape fur seals can recognize their pup's cry just two hours after birth, remarkably earlier than other mammals. For context, only about 40% of women can identify their baby's cry 24 hours after birth.
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Poet Mary Norbert Korte died in November at age 88
Poet Mary Norbert Korte left her life as a nun in the 1960s to pursue dual passions for beat poetry and the preservation of California's redwood forests. She died in November at age 88.
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Books
Author Anne Tyler on writing her 24th novel and why she writes about families
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with novelist Anne Tyler about her latest novel, "French Braid," and why she likes writing about families.
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'Ronnabyte' and 'Quettabyte' are the new terms to describe large amounts of data
Measurement officials have expanded the system of prefixes used to describe very large and small numbers, adding "ronna" and "quetta," among others, to the ranks of "giga" and "tera."
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World
What the recent missile launches from North Korea could mean
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with correspondent Anthony Kuhn and then Victor Cha, the Center for Strategic and International Studies Senior Adviser, about the latest in North Korea.
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Technology
As Twitter's workforce crumbles, users are tweeting their eulogies for the platform
As Twitter employees and some users have been leaving the platform, they've been tweeting their eulogies — and their love letters to the communities they built there.
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Trailblazing sportswriter Jane Gross died Wednesday at age 75
Sportswriter Jane Gross blazed a trail for women in sports journalism. She died Wednesday at age 75.
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Health
Should we declare a pandemic amnesty?
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with economist Emily Oster about her Atlantic article, "Let's Declare a Pandemic Amnesty" and her call for grace.
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Food writer and author Julie Powell, known for 'Julie & Julia,' died at age 49
Food writer and author Julie Powell, whose blog and book were later adapted into the 2009 film "Julie & Julia," died Oct. 26 at age 49.
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Arts & Life
Country music artists Tanya Tucker and Brandi Carlile made a on their new documentary
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with country music legend Tanya Tucker and artist Brandi Carlile about their new documentary, "The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile."