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Colossal Biosciences

To revive an extinct bird, you first need an artificial egg

Rob Stein

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas company trying to bring extinct species back to life, reports creating artificial eggs that would be necessary to revive extinct birds such as the dodo.
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Some plants have a genetic superpower that may help them survive a cataclysm

Ari Daniel

Get ready for a biology lesson. Certain plants have extra sets of chromosomes. And it turns out, it's a useful trait for a species facing a dramatic event like climate change.

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The missing men of the American marriage market

Greg Rosalsky

A new study suggests the growing educational and economic divide between men and women is reshaping marriage and family life in America — leaving many women with a shrinking pool of economically stable partners.
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'We're not kids anymore': The DACA generation hits their 30s with an unstable future

Ximena Bustillo

Recipients of the Obama-era DACA program are aging, even as the Trump administration moves to weaken the program's protections and benefits.
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House holds off on prediction market ban despite bipartisan calls for prohibition

Luke Garrett

Minority Leader Jeffries is urging Speaker Johnson to "swiftly" hold vote on House prediction market ban.
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The French Open courts are clay, a tricky surface for some. Here's how the pros do it

Ayana Archie

In tennis, clay has a reputation for being one of the harder surfaces to play on. But a few pros shared some of their tips for staying sharp.

Jackie Lay

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15 books our critics can't wait for this summer

Meghan Collins Sullivan

A gothic horror tale, a creepy science-fiction romp, a sweeping romance, an intergenerational saga, a book about birds — here are the fiction and nonfiction our critics are most looking forward to.

The HealthCare.gov website is the starting place for anyone who needs to buy health insurance on their own.

Patrick Sison

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Steep drop in number of people with Affordable Care Act health coverage, analysis finds

Selena Simmons-Duffin

Privacy and civil rights advocates are worried the Trump administration could be persuaded to also lift restrictions placed on NSO Group, an Israeli company that makes the powerful spyware Pegasus that researchers say can turn a phone into a recording device in addition to accessing its contents.

Menahem Kahana

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What we know about how the U.S. government uses spyware (and what we don't)

Jude Joffe-Block

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In conservative Utah, some communities are ditching fossil fuel power for clean energy

David Condos

In conservative Utah, a coalition of cities and towns shows other communities how to bring new renewable energy to the electric grid in a unique way.
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These men voted for President Trump. They have very different views of how he's doing

Tamara Keith

Two Black men from Georgia who voted for President Trump in 2024 have very different views of how the country is doing now, in the first installment of Swing Shift from NPR's Tamara Keith.
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NTSB hearing will probe cause of fiery UPS jet crash that killed 15 in Louisville

Joel Rose

The nation's top safety investigators will launch a two-day hearing beginning Tuesday into what caused a UPS cargo plane to crash shortly after takeoff in Louisville last year, killing 15 people.
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Rostam quilts Americana with Persian influences on 'American Stories'

Leila Fadel, Milton Guevara

Rostam explains why he's embracing his Iranian roots on his new album, American Stories.
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Putin visits China to reaffirm Russia ties

The Associated Press

The Kremlin has said Putin and Xi plan to discuss economic cooperation between the two countries, but also "key international and regional issues."