Tag: NPR

  • The Fox Wife

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    NPR introduces Yangsze Choo’s new book The Fox Wife on their Book of the Day series. The book “blossomed from that core idea behind the title, of a woman who also happens to be a fox. But beyond that, it’s a story about a mother avenging her child, about a murder investigation in early 20th…

  • Haida People’s Rogue Geoengineering Project Condemned by Scientists

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    NPR’s Morning Edition recently grappled with the issue of geoengineering.  The program discussed the Haida people’s 2012 attempt to bring salmon back to their waters, by using iron dust to create an algae bloom, and the scientific community’s response to it. In the summer of 2012, a small group of the Haida people, a native…

  • Insecticide Use Surging Again in Midwest

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    NPR’s July 9th Morning Edition Series featured a piece on the resurgance of insecticide use in the Midwest: Across the Midwestern corn belt, a familiar battle has resumed, hidden in the soil. On one side are tiny, white larvae of the corn rootworm. On the other side are farmers and the insect-killing arsenal of modern…