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      <title>California's Strawberry Feud Ends, But Who Will Breed New Berries?</title>
      <description>Strawberry farmers have dropped a lawsuit against the University of California, Davis, and the university has hired a new strawberry breeder. But the future of academic berry breeding is uncertain.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 17:06:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/10/384982148/californias-strawberry-feud-ends-but-who-will-breed-new-berries?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=science</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Strawberry farmers have dropped a lawsuit against the University of California, Davis, and the university has hired a new strawberry breeder. But the future of academic berry breeding is uncertain.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384982148">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Dan Charles</dc:creator>
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      <title>Scientific Pros Weigh The Cons Of Messing With Earth's Thermostat</title>
      <description>Studying techniques for engineering our way out of climate change would be helpful — and not the same as actually trying them, says a panel convened by the National Research Council.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 11:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/02/10/385065816/scientific-pros-weigh-the-cons-of-messing-with-earths-thermostat?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=science</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Studying techniques for engineering our way out of climate change would be helpful — and not the same as actually trying them, says a panel convened by the National Research Council.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=385065816">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Nell Greenfieldboyce</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Great Solar Panel Debate: To Lease Or To Buy? </title>
      <description>More homeowners are cutting energy costs by installing solar panels, due in part to leasing programs that require no up-front investment. Leasing means less hassle, but may also save you less money.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 03:36:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More homeowners are cutting energy costs by installing solar panels, due in part to leasing programs that require no up-front investment. Leasing means less hassle, but may also save you less money.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384958332">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Jeff Brady</dc:creator>
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      <title>Shake, Rattle And Toll: Berkeley's Bells Play Sounds Of Earth</title>
      <description>In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the bells of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower were programmed to play a score composed in real time by the data from seismic shifts happening under the campus.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 17:16:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2015/02/09/384941475/shake-rattle-and-toll-berkeleys-bells-play-sounds-of-earth?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=science</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In celebration of its 100th anniversary, the bells of UC Berkeley's Sather Tower were programmed to play a score composed in real time by the data from seismic shifts happening under the campus.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384941475">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Laura Sydell</dc:creator>
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      <title>In West Africa, Fewer New Ebola Cases But Epidemic Still Uncontained</title>
      <description>Robert Siegel speaks with Brice de le Vingne, director of operations dealing with the Ebola outbreak for Doctors without Borders.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 16:55:49 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/2015/02/09/385000759/in-west-africa-fewer-new-ebola-cases-but-epidemic-still-uncontained?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=science</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Robert Siegel speaks with Brice de le Vingne, director of operations dealing with the Ebola outbreak for Doctors without Borders.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=385000759">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Harnessing The Immune System To Fight Cancer</title>
      <description>Our immune systems constantly fight off disease — protecting us from colds, flu and infection. An experimental treatment called immunotherapy is helping patients' immune systems fight off cancer.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 03:33:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2015/02/09/373292216/harnessing-the-immune-system-to-fight-cancer?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=science</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our immune systems constantly fight off disease — protecting us from colds, flu and infection. An experimental treatment called immunotherapy is helping patients' immune systems fight off cancer.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=373292216">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Rob Stein</dc:creator>
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      <title>16 Years After Its Inception, 'GoreSat' Set For Launch ... Soon</title>
      <description>In 1998, then-Vice President Gore proposed the satellite, which has since been repurposed for NOAA's needs. It was set to take off Sunday, but the launch was scrubbed, and will be rescheduled.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:59:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1998, then-Vice President Gore proposed the satellite, which has since been repurposed for NOAA's needs. It was set to take off Sunday, but the launch was scrubbed, and will be rescheduled.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384769816">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Scott Neuman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Medical Research And The End Of Privacy</title>
      <description>Scientists can no longer guarantee privacy for patients donating tissue and DNA for medical research. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Jennifer Couzin-Frankel of &lt;em&gt;Science Magazine&lt;/em&gt;.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:03:57 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scientists can no longer guarantee privacy for patients donating tissue and DNA for medical research. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Jennifer Couzin-Frankel of <em>Science Magazine</em>.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384589757">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Birders Predict Another Snowy Owl 'Irruption'</title>
      <description>In 2014, ornithologists documented record numbers of snowy owls wintering unusually far south. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with &lt;em&gt;Talkin' Birds&lt;/em&gt; host Ray Brown about this year's numbers.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 07:55:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 2014, ornithologists documented record numbers of snowy owls wintering unusually far south. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with <em>Talkin' Birds</em> host Ray Brown about this year's numbers.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384503020">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>To Get Parents To Vaccinate Their Kids, Don't Ask. Just Tell</title>
      <description>The way a pediatrician talks with nervous parents about vaccines may determine whether the child gets immunized or not, a study suggests. Asking "What do you want to do about shots?" doesn't work.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 05:34:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The way a pediatrician talks with nervous parents about vaccines may determine whether the child gets immunized or not, a study suggests. Asking "What do you want to do about shots?" doesn't work.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384322665">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Patti Neighmond</dc:creator>
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      <title>Satellite Set To Stream Daily Images Of Earth From Space</title>
      <description>In 1998, Al Gore proposed using a satellite and the Internet to let us all see the awe-inspiring view of Earth that wows space travelers. That satellite may finally launch later this year.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:09:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1998, Al Gore proposed using a satellite and the Internet to let us all see the awe-inspiring view of Earth that wows space travelers. That satellite may finally launch later this year.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=383618359">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Joe Palca</dc:creator>
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      <title>Being With People Like You Offers Comfort Against Death's Chill</title>
      <description>Iggy Ignatius bet that immigrants from India would long to live with other Indians in his Florida condos. He was right. Psychologists say intimations of mortality make us want to be with our own kind.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 16:03:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Iggy Ignatius bet that immigrants from India would long to live with other Indians in his Florida condos. He was right. Psychologists say intimations of mortality make us want to be with our own kind.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384043496">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Lulu Miller</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Microbes Lurk In The Subways Of New York? Mysteries Abound</title>
      <description>Think expedition to the rain forest, but one where you'll need a MetroCard to get around. The microbial life of the New York subways turns out to be as rich, odd and confounding as the city itself.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:22:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Think expedition to the rain forest, but one where you'll need a MetroCard to get around. The microbial life of the New York subways turns out to be as rich, odd and confounding as the city itself.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384274314">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Nancy Shute</dc:creator>
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      <title>Outrage Over Government's Animal Experiments Leads To USDA Review</title>
      <description>Lawmakers also introduced a bill to strengthen laws protecting farm animals used in research. Both moves come out of a &lt;em&gt;New York Times&lt;/em&gt; investigation of animal suffering at a federal research center.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 12:07:00 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/02/06/384103870/outrage-over-governments-animal-experiments-leads-to-usda-review?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=science</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lawmakers also introduced a bill to strengthen laws protecting farm animals used in research. Both moves come out of a <em>New York Times</em> investigation of animal suffering at a federal research center.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=384103870">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Allison Aubrey</dc:creator>
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      <title>What Did Cavemen Think About Lust?</title>
      <description>Christopher Ryan says that human beings are sexual omnivores and hopes that a better understanding of sexual fidelity may end discrimination, shame and unrealistic expectations.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 08:44:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Christopher Ryan says that human beings are sexual omnivores and hopes that a better understanding of sexual fidelity may end discrimination, shame and unrealistic expectations.</p><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/email/emailAFriend.php?storyId=378567856">&raquo; E-Mail This</a></p>]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>NPR/TED Staff</dc:creator>
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