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Testing The Standards: Do Gender Differences Matter For Combat?

8:01pm March 26, 2015

by Tom Bowman

The man who designed the training experiment to determine if female Marines should be allowed into combat positions is not a Marine himself, but a civilian scientist.

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Co-Pilot's Actions In French Alps Crash Raise Questions About Cockpit Doors

8:01pm March 26, 2015

by Brian Naylor

Prosecutors in France say the co-pilot of the Germanwings plane locked the pilot out of the cockpit. Cockpit doors were hardened to resist unauthorized entry after Sept. 11.

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A 2008 view of the leading edge of the Larsen B ice shelf, extending into the northwest part of the Weddell Sea. Huge, floating ice shelves that line the Antarctic coast help hold back sheets of ice that cover land.

Big Shelves Of Antarctic Ice Melting Faster Than Scientists Thought

8:01pm March 26, 2015

by Christopher Joyce

The rate at which the ice is shrinking at the ocean's edge in the West Antarctic has increased by 70 percent over the past decade, an analysis of satellite measurements suggests.

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Ellen Pao Trial Highlights Long Road To Ending Workplace Bias

8:01pm March 26, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Nitasha Tiku of The Verge about the latest in the Silicon Valley gender discrimination trial of Ellen Pao. Pao is suing a venture capital firm for $16 million in damages.

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National Guardsman, Cousin Arrested For Trying To Join Islamic State

8:01pm March 26, 2015

by Dina Temple-Raston

An Illinois National Guardsman and his cousin were arrested for allegedly conspiring to provide support to the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

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House Speaker John Boehner takes the gavel from Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi Jan. 6 at the start of the 114th Congress.

Amazingly, Congress Actually Got Something Done

6:58pm March 26, 2015

by Ron Elving

The leaders and members must, in a word, compromise. And on this occasion, Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi did just that, with skill and savvy.

Tax preparation software doesn't always calculate the complexity of Affordable Care Act subsidies and credits properly.

Affordable Care Act Makes This Tax Season Painful For Many

5:08pm March 26, 2015

by Michelle Andrews

Figuring out the penalty for not signing up for health insurance is just one complication. Tax filers who made more money last year than they anticipated may have to pay back some of their subsidy.

High-Deductible Health Plans Cut Costs, At Least For Now

5:07pm March 26, 2015

by Jay Hancock

Health plans that require people to pay thousands of dollars up front cut costs in the first three years, a study finds. But no one knows if costs will rise later as people avoid preventive care.

The H1N1 swine flu virus kills some people, while others don't get very sick at all. A genetic variation offers one clue.

A Single Gene May Determine Why Some People Get So Sick With The Flu

5:07pm March 26, 2015

by Poncie Rutsch

A single genetic mutation might decide who ends up in bed with the sniffles and who heads to the hospital, because it shuts down immune system molecules called interferons.

People examine the rubble following an air strike near the airport in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Thursday. Saudi Arabia said it carried out bombing raids in neighboring Yemen as Houthi rebels, allied with Iran, continued their offensive in the country. Yeme

How Yemen's Chaos Stretches Beyond Its Borders

3:31pm March 26, 2015

by Greg Myre

The U.S. has lost a key base for counterterrorism operations. The proxy war between Iran and Saudi Arabia is heating up. And one more Middle Eastern state has dissolved into chaos.