The orangutan chewed up some medicinal leaves and applied them to the wound. He did this several times, and within two months the wound had healed. Where did he learn that? Researchers don't know.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Robert Kelchen, professor of education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, about what's at stake when college students join in protests.
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President Biden addresses pro-Palestinian protests. Monopoly trial between DOJ and Google is wrapping up. Protesters in the Caucasus nation of Georgia say Russia-style draft law will hurt free speech.
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Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep and NPR's Renee Montagne, who hosted the show with Steve for more than a dozen years, look back on some of the show interviews.
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The pressure on video game workers has intensified. They work long hours, face mounting layoffs and the games they make are more complex. Some employees call it a "passion tax" that must be addressed.
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The Labor Department reports Friday morning on April job gains and the monthly unemployment report. Job growth accelerated in the first three months of the year.
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A decision by the Ukrainian government to suspend consular services for military-aged men living abroad has left some men uncertain about their futures.
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Protesters in the small southern Caucasus nation of Georgia say a Russia-style draft law will hurt free speech and democracy.
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Closing arguments have begun in the Justice Department's antitrust case against Google. At issue is whether Google has illegally monopolized the search engine market.
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In this week's StoryCorps, a conversation with Peylia Marsema Balinton — better known as blues singer Sugar Pie DeSanto. She is about to be inducted into the Blues Hall of fame.
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Michael Sanchez was testing out his new camera when he happened upon a feathered subject. The blue rock-thrush he photographed on the coast of northern Oregon last week has excited the birding world.
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President Biden is giving the nation's highest civilian honor to 19 people, a list that includes civil rights leaders, trailblazers and an unusually large contingent of high-profile Democrats.
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The bill which was previously passed in the House in 2019 and 2022, but blocked in the Senate, aims to end race-based hair discrimination in schools and workplaces.
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Four states so far have passed laws prohibiting the use of public money for no-strings cash aid. Advocates for basic income say the backlash is being fueled by a conservative think tank.
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What a new bridge over Baltimore's Patapsco River will look like is still very much a matter of speculation. But one design stands out.