More Than 10,000 Civilians Injured Or Killed In Afghanistan Last Year, U.N. Says More than 10,000 civilians were killed or injured in armed conflict in Afghanistan in 2019, continuing a six-year streak and putting total casualties in the past decade…
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LISTEN: Nevada Caucuses Live Coverage The Democratic presidential primary is heading west. After contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, the party’s presidential hopefuls enter a new phase of the campaign in the more diverse state of Nevada. Listen to NPR’s…
‘The Resisters,’ Andy in the Archives, ‘Election Meltdown,’ The 19th, ‘Pasta Grannies,’ Winter Getaways Author Gish Jen joins us to discuss her new novel, The Resisters. New York Public Radio’s director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s installment of our…
Worried About Catching The New Coronavirus? In The U.S., Flu Is A Bigger Threat If you live in the U.S, your risk of contracting the new strain of coronavirus identified in China is exceedingly low. So far, the only people…
Scientists Find Imperfections In ‘Minibrains’ That Raise Questions For Research Brain organoids, often called “minibrains,” have changed the way scientists study human brain development and disorders like autism. But the cells in these organoids differ from those in an actual…
We had a good run… Websites change and so do neighborhoods. FREE Williamsburg turns 22 this year, which would normally make our spry little publication a millennial. Unfortunately, if you convert 22 to internet years it makes us, well, decrepit. When I…