Neda Ulaby
Stories
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Health
Purple is the new red: How alert maps show when we are royally ... hued
Everyone knows that red means danger, but how did purple become a cautionary color? At an EPA conference in the late 1990s, attendees nearly came to blows over color coding on the Air Quality Index.
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Books
Penguin Random House and 5 authors are suing a Florida school board over book bans
Officials in Escambia County, Fla., removed 10 books from school libraries and restricted access to more than 150 others. Writers' advocacy group PEN America calls the lawsuit the first of its kind.
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Arts & Life
A free speech group is suing a Florida school district over book bans
The largest book publisher in the country has joined free speech group PEN America, parents and authors to push back against book banning, filing a federal lawsuit in Florida's Escambia County.
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Arts & Life
Here's the latest list of the '11 Most Endangered Historic Places' in the U.S.
"It's very hard to narrow the list," says the Chief Preservation Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The 2023 list includes a gas station, an artist studio and two Chinatowns.
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World
Klaus Teuber, Catan board game creator, dies at 70
Teuber created the hugely popular game in which players compete to build settlements on a fictional island. Since its 1995 debut, it has sold tens of millions of copies in more than 40 languages.
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Arts & Life
More timeless than trendy, Sir David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Prize
The British architect is known for his crisp, understated, elegant work. "He enhances the quality of people's lives through a poetic sensation that always flows from his buildings," the jury said.
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Arts & Life
'Iron Man,' 'Super Fly' and 'Carrie' are inducted into the National Film Registry
Every year, the Library of Congress adds 25 films to the National Film Registry to be preserved for posterity. This year's selections include Hairspray and When Harry Met Sally.
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Arts & Life
French writer Annie Ernaux wins the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature
French writer Annie Ernaux is the newest Nobel laureate in literature. She is widely admired in France and among those who love French feminist literature.
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Books
The winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in literature will be announced
The winner of the Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Thursday morning. Every year breathless speculation precedes the announcement.
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Books
Books We Love: 3 recommendations for a non-fiction read
A summer edition of NPR's Books We Love. Today, we hear recommendations from our staff for three non-fiction titles: "Making Videogames," "The Nineties," and "Korean American."