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Apple's AirTags help you keep track of your things, but concerns have risen over their misuse.

AirTags are being used to track people and cars. Here's what is being done about it

5:06pm February 19, 2022

by Michael Levitt

Apple's AirTags were billed as an easy way to track your keys and wallet, but now the small button-sized device are being used by stalkers and thieves to track people and steal cars.

Following a traumatic brain injury, veteran Michael Schneider found that art and music therapy helped him manage his epilepsy and PTSD. Schneider explains that by playing music, he can prevent a seizure.

Art and music therapy seem to help with brain disorders. Scientists want to know why

6:00am February 19, 2022

by Jon Hamilton

Arts therapies appear to ease brain disorders from Parkinson's to PTSD. Now, artists and scientists have launched an effort to understand how these treatments change the brain.

The science on masking in schools

5:43pm February 18, 2022

by Maria Godoy

While many states have already lifted their statewide mask mandates, many mandates remain in place. But the science is mixed about masks effectiveness in schools — especially for kids.

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Major oil companies aren't following through on climate change promises

4:44pm February 18, 2022

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Gregory Trencher, a co-author of a report that shows, despite pledges, BP, Chevron, Exxon Mobil and Shell aren't making changes needed to transition to clean energy.

Craig Richard: Whispers and haircuts — the science of ASMR

3:42pm February 18, 2022

Why do so many people experience brain tingles when watching ASMR videos? Physiologist Craig Richard shares the science behind the "Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response," and how it calms the mind.

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Dylan Selterman: What are our dreams — and nightmares — trying to tell us?

3:42pm February 18, 2022

We might forget our dreams mere minutes after waking. But psychologist Dylan Selterman says that if we pay attention to them, we could gain new information about our emotions, relationships and more.

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Matteo Cerri: Will humans one day hibernate?

3:42pm February 18, 2022

Bears and squirrels hibernate to survive harsh conditions; why not humans? If we want to travel deep into space or combat deadly diseases, physiologist Matteo Cerri says hibernation might be the key.

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Kamila Valieva of Team ROC reacts after skating during the women's individual figure skating final on Thursday in Beijing.

After Valieva: 5 questions for a doping expert about fixing a messy system

11:52am February 18, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"That was an incredibly troubling outcome," doping expert April Henning says of Russian skating star Kamila Valieva's collapse. She says Valieva "was failed at all levels" by the adults around her.

Perseverance takes a selfie with its helicopter companion Ingenuity in the background.

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NASA's Perseverance rover marks its first year hunting for past life on Mars

5:11am February 18, 2022

by Brendan Byrne

Since touching down in Jezero Crater, NASA's Perseverance rover has already cached 6 samples that could one day be brought back to Earth. Astrobiologists hope they hold signs of past microbial life.

A Kenya Wildlife Services officer stands near a burning pile of 15 tonnes of elephant ivory seized in Kenya in 2015.

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Elephant tusk DNA can expose poaching networks, new analysis finds

5:00am February 18, 2022

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice.

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