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News @news@na.social
· 4d ago
Opinion: A Hawk is not the same as a Hawkeye This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/03/nx-s1-5981300/opinion-a-hawk-is-not-the-same-as-a-hawkeye #News #USNews #NPR #Senate
Opinion: A Hawk is not the same as a Hawkeye
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Opinion: A Hawk is not the same as a Hawkeye

This was emphasized to people watching a Senate hearing this week, where confusion over two basketball teams was on display.

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News @news@na.social
· 1w ago
SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it reached orbit. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/28/nx-s1-5983418/spacex-starship-first-orbital-flight-14-nasa #News #USNews #NPR #Texas #Space
SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas
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SpaceX's Starship launches on first orbital mission from Texas

Starship is key to SpaceX's commercial success and NASA's plans to land humans on the moon. This is the 14th flight of the uncrewed Starship, but the first time it reached orbit.

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Pop Culture Happy Hour @npr_pop_culture_happy_hour@robot.villas
· 1w ago
The Love Hypothesis https://www.npr.org/2026/09/28/nx-s1-5980098/should-you-test-out-the-love-hypothesis #Books #Romance #NPR
Should you test out ‘The Love Hypothesis’? : Pop Culture Happy Hour
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Should you test out ‘The Love Hypothesis’? : Pop Culture Happy Hour

The Love Hypothesis brings the beloved trope of fake dating to the world of science and academia – but does it bring a fresh take to the bestselling book by Ali Hazelwood? The new Prime Video movie follows Stanford graduate student Olive (Lili Reinhart). Her best friend Ahn (Rachel Marsh) is holding back from pursuing a guy because she thinks Olive is interested in him. Olive wants Ahn to follow her heart, so she lands in a fake-dating situation with a notoriously harsh post-doc Adam (Tom Batema

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News @news@na.social
· 1w ago
From professor to patient: One man's journey on the frontier of lung cancer treatment Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer, but new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/27/nx-s1-5981264/lung-cancer-treatment-mrna-affordability #News #USNews #NPR #US
From professor to patient: One man's journey on the frontier of lung cancer treatment
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From professor to patient: One man's journey on the frontier of lung cancer treatment

Lung cancer is still the top cancer killer, but new developments are shifting what the future might hold for patients.

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News @news@na.social
· 1w ago
South Africa reels from spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in a week On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/27/nx-s1-5982488/south-africa-mass-shootings-killed-38-week #News #USNews #NPR #US
South Africa reels from spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in a week
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South Africa reels from spate of mass shootings that killed 38 people in a week

On Saturday night, there were separate mass shootings near South Africa's two largest cities.

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News @news@na.social
· 1w ago
Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts? Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/nx-s1-5946434/medically-tailored-meal-deliveries-medicaid-cuts #News #USNews #NPR #US
Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?
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Meal deliveries can save money and improve health. Will they survive Medicaid cuts?

Some states deliver meals to Medicaid patients that address their dietary needs. Evidence shows it aids recovery and saves healthcare costs, but federal budget cuts may lead some states to cancel it.

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News @news@na.social
· 1w ago
Roads flood in New Jersey, inundate some homes, as first major signs of nor'easter take shape Thousands are without power on the U.S. East Coast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/26/g-s1-145146/roads-flood-in-new-jersey #News #USNews #NPR #US
Roads flood in New Jersey, inundate some homes, as first major signs of nor'easter take shape
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Roads flood in New Jersey, inundate some homes, as first major signs of nor'easter take shape

Thousands are without power on the U.S. East Coast, while roads are flooding in some coastal New Jersey communities.

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News @news@na.social
· 1w ago
These 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under Trump Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research. 🔗 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/24/nx-s1-5931971/trump-nih-science-funding-disruptions-charts #News #USNews #NPR #Trump #Science
Under Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers show
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Under Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers show

Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. These six graphics show how those changes have affected U.S. biomedical research.

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