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  Opinion: This Art Is Bananas

  A banana taped to a wall was sold for $120,000 as a piece of art. NPR's Scott Simon wonders how it makes people think about the passage of time.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am

• Scorpions Infest Brazilian Cities

  NPR's Scott Simon asks University of São Paulo researcher Hamilton Carvalho about an explosion in the scorpion population in Brazilian urban centers.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am

• Iran Releases U.S. Prisoner In Exchange

  President Trump confirms in a statement that a Princeton University grad student being held by Iran has been released after more than three years of captivity.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  A New Way To Calculate Your Dog's Age

  The old way to think about your dog's "human age" — the age in actual years times seven — is wrong. Researchers looked at aging on the molecular level.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am

• French DJ Madeon On 'Good Faith'

  NPR's Scott Simon asks Hugo Leclercq, also known as Madeon, about his latest album Good Faith. His YouTube mashup of 39 tunes called "Pop Culture" went viral in 2011.

  Dec 07, 2019 at 5:03 am
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  Opinion: Bill Ruckelshaus, Conservationist Who Also Protected The Rule Of Law

  William Ruckelshaus died this week. He was 87 years old. NPR's Scott Simon remembers his legacy as the first director of the EPA, and a defiant act against President Nixon.

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am

• Saturday Sports: The NFL Playoffs Close In; The Maple Leafs Shake Things Up

  The second half of the season is where the rubber hits the road with the NFL. So, which teams are for real? Also, having fired their coach, will the Toronoto Maple Leafs finally get their moment?

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am

• Huge Amazon Wildfires Endanger Our History As Well As Our Air, Archaeologists Say

  Cristiana Barreto says deforestation threatens to erase evidence of huge, dispersed civilizations, including rock art, ceremonial earthworks and waterways.

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am

• My Signature Song: 'Shut Up And Dance'

  Meg Schmidt of Grand Rapids, Mich., says the Walk The Moon song helped get her — and most of her family — out of her comfort zone on one of the most special days of her life.

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am

• An Alaskan Camp Brings Higher Education Into The Wild

  In remote Southeast Alaska, an experiment is bringing together radically diverse groups of college students to learn from the land, physical labor and each other.

  Nov 30, 2019 at 5:42 am
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  Opinion: Why You Should Think About Uighurs Next Time You Put Shoes On

  NPR's Scott Simon explains what China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs has to do with American consumers.

  Nov 23, 2019 at 4:54 am

• My Signature Song: 'This Must Be The Place'

  Jerrica Vowels of Louisville, Ky., shares her "signature song," "This Must Be The Place" by the Talking Heads. It helped her form a special connection with her daughter while she was was pregnant.

  Nov 23, 2019 at 4:54 am