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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller

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Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller
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Climate Cast: Greenhouse gas emissions steady 2013-14

Climate Cast: Greenhouse gas emissions steady 2013-14

The level of CO2 emissions were the same from 2013 to 2014, according to the International Energy Agency on CO2 emissions. This has not happened in many years.

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Nutrition data: Sorting out fact and fad

Nutrition data: Sorting out fact and fad

Diet science is confusing. Studies about calories, eggs, dairy and red meat seem to ricochet off each other leading to quite a mess for consumers to sift through.

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Roaming and Reading: Shanghai

Roaming and Reading: Shanghai

For this week's Roaming and Reading, travel to Shanghai with Adam Minter, an Asia-based columnist for Bloomberg View.

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Activating the immune system to fight cancer

Activating the immune system to fight cancer

Listen to three researchers discuss which cancers are most susceptible to these new efforts to boost the power of patients' immune systems.

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Why politicians must know their science

Listen to Michael Shermer discuss his recent Politco piece about why politicians need science.

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A glimpse of the afterlife through near-death experiences

MPR News' Kerri Miller talks to two guests about what happens to our brains when we experience these phenomena. Will verifiable research ever be able to back up the claims?

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