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3 Strange Worlds Circling A Cool Star Might Be Prime Spots To Support Life
Scientists say each of these planets has one searingly hot side that's always facing the star and one frigidly cold side that's always facing away. But the regions in between might be cozy.

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NPR News: Can An Online Game Help Create A Better Test For TB?

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Can An Online Game Help Create A Better Test For TB?
In a vote of confidence for citizen science, researchers who created an online RNA-folding game launched the project's first challenge aimed at a disease — creating a better tuberculosis test.

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NPR News: Ringling Bros. Circus Holds Final Shows Featuring Elephants

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Ringling Bros. Circus Holds Final Shows Featuring Elephants
In the world of animal rights, one activist compares it to the fall of the Berlin Wall. The original plan called for phasing out elephants' role in the circus by 2018.

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NPR News: What's Good For The Heart Is Good For The Brain

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What's Good For The Heart Is Good For The Brain
Choosing a heart-healthy lifestyle can help protect your brain as you age, research suggests. And it's not just memory skills that benefit. Problem solving abilities and judgement are preserved, too.

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NPR News: Forget Talent, Success Comes From 'Grit'

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Forget Talent, Success Comes From 'Grit'
Rachel Martin talks with Angela Duckworth, the psychologist who brought the idea of "grit" as a marker of success into the American mainstream. Her book posits that achievement is about persistence.

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