First Photos Of Mysterious Fanged Animal; Makeup For Men; The Psychology Of Eating
Plus, seven takeaways from the first week of the Trump impeachment inquiry.
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The silver-backed chevrotain — a shy animal that's the size of a rabbit but looks like a deer — has been photographed in the wild for the first time. Scientists say the rediscovered chevrotain appear to walk on the tips of their hooves and have two tiny fangs .
The first week of Trump impeachment inquiry hearings is in the books. Here are seven takeaways from this historic and potentially consequential week.
Hemp farming exploded after the 2018 Farm Bill decriminalized the plant at the federal level. But many farmers are struggling to find success in the "green rush."
Free tuition — for all students — is part of the business model at two Kentucky colleges. Here are their tips to help reduce the price of college tuition.
The Supreme Court will allow the Sandy Hook families’ case against Remington Arms proceed. The families say Remington should be held liable, as the maker and promoter of the AR-15-style rifle used in the 2012 killings.
Three Indiana judges have been suspended after a brawl in the parking lot of a White Castle restaurant that left two of them injured. It was the crescendo of an incident brimming with colorful details including a gaggle of judges drinking the night before a judicial conference and a failed attempt to visit a strip club.
America is now the world's biggest exporter of ethane, a part of natural gas that's a building block for making plastics. That's helping fuel the fast-growing global plastics industry.
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This Week's Listens
The makeup industry is wooing men.
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For many women, the experience of getting makeup done at a Sephora may be familiar, even mundane. But for NPR’s Darius Rafieyan, and for many American men, it's uncharted territory. But that may be changing. (Listening time, 3:45)
Italy is in the grip of an intense debate about anti-Semitism.
The national psychodrama was unwittingly triggered by an 89-year-old Jewish grandmother and Holocaust survivor who now has a police escort after receiving threats from members of Italy's ultra-right. (Listening time, 3:53)
When we're in an unfamiliar place, we yearn for comfort food. We take one too many scoops of ice cream because we stress eat. This week Hidden Brain episode digs into the culture and psychology that determine what we eat, what we spit out and when we come back for more. (Listening time, 27:51)
Iran's Lake Urmia was once the second-largest saltwater lake in the world, but it is drying out. Photographer Maximilian Mann traveled to northwest Iran to document the disappearing body of water and the people who depend on it.
Spicy food where you’d least expect it.
When Suriya Paprajong arrived in Greenland in 2001, he didn't even have a coat. These days, his eatery in Qaqortoq, population 3,000, is a local favorite, but you might have to take a helicopter to get there.
Music Notes
Harry Connick Jr. celebrates (and sings) the music of Cole Porter.
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NPR's David Greene visited singer Harry Connick Jr. in Hollywood's Capitol Studios, where Connick demonstrated a few Cole Porter classics on the piano and talked about his new album, True Love: A Celebration of Cole Porter. (Listening time, 7:12)
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