Neuroscientists say the pleasure response helps us survive as a species. So why do we feel embarrassed by some of the things we love the most?
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People with HIV are aging, and the challenges are piling up
Advances in medicine mean more people are living longer with HIV. But aging with HIV comes with increased health risks, and this growing population needs specialized care that’s hard to find.
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‘Under Paris’ is a Seine-sational French shark movie
If you are watching the movie in the original French and you have the English subtitles on, you will see a lot of the caption “[panicked screams].”
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Hiking North Carolina’s Linville Gorge Wilderness area
NPR’s Brian Mann explored one of the easy trails in the Linville Gorge Wilderness in North Carolina
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Money laundering charges raise questions about the direction of The Epoch Times
The media site founded by adherents of Falun Gong morphed into a pro-Trump outlet that spouted conspiracy theories. Now the CEO is out after money laundering charges were filed against the CFO.
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We spent a week in China. Here’s what we learned about our global rival
Morning Edition caught up with NPR’s John Ruwitch, who has covered China for decades. Here’s our conversation.
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Some animals from a Gaza zoo are now displaced along with their owner
The Rafah zoo owner drove caged animals with him as he fled the city. He left three lions behind.
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Olympics reassigns a 1900 medal — and its winner — from Britain to France
A French historian recently made a case for a 1900 silver medal to be credited to France, based on the Olympics’ informal rules in that era. The cyclist, Lloyd Hildebrand, lived most of his life in France.
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A major disinformation research team’s future is uncertain after political attacks
The Stanford Internet Observatory studied how social media platforms are abused. Now, its top leaders are out and future funding is uncertain amid attacks on its work by conservatives.
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What the bump stock ban could mean for guns in the U.S.
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned a federal ban on the devices, which could have wider implications for what qualifies as a machine gun.
