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Whatever Happened To ... The Plan To Jazz Up Jackfruit?
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Volunteer Randy Melerine remembers what it was like to be flooded. "I never even had a shirt after Katrina," he says
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Elise Hu 2h
G'morning USA. Overnite your time, NKorea tested an underground nuclear bomb & I have more on
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President Trump calls North Korea a "rogue nation" after the country says it conducted a hydrogen bomb test.
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Study Finds Women See Female Lawmakers As More Competent, Having More Integrity
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Elise Hu 3h
Replying to @gbrumfiel
Hydrogen bombs are technically complex and far more explosive than regular nuclear weapons. (Thanks to for the quick lesson!)
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Elise Hu 3h
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The secondary fuses isotopes of hydrogen together, releasing energy in a manner similar to the sun.
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Elise Hu 3h
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Thermonuclear or hydrogen bombs use a small “primary” bomb made of uranium or plutonium to detonate a much more powerful “secondary” bomb.
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Elise Hu 3h
To get sciencey, a little hydrogen bomb explanation from NPR's resident physicist follows...
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The team talks with Lake Bell of "I Do...Until I Don't."
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The NPR Science Desk 4h
Pets Deserve Evidence-Based Medicine, Too, Says The SkeptVet
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It's like "Fight Club" meets The "Great British Bake Off," says reviewer .
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NPR Health News 5h
Has Salt Gotten An Unfair Shake?
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Ruth Sherlock 5h
The Jassem family have done all they can not to live as refugees in . Now they've come under attack.
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North Korea says it tested a hydrogen bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb.
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The blaze "is the largest fire in the history of L.A. city in terms of its acreage," the Los Angeles Mayor says.
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Jihye Lee 이지혜 7h
North Korea's broadcaster says, "Today's event was meaningful, for we've reached our goal of completion of national nuclear power."
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Elise Hu 7h
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N Korea claims a successful hydrogen bomb test, says it can mount on ICBM & that radioactive material wasn't exposed to outside environment
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"Hurricane Harvey is a devastating reminder of how helpless we are when facing nature's human-dwarfing powers."
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North Korea Possibly Conducts Sixth Nuclear Test, South Korea Says
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