Marc Silver
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They were about 100 feet above the ground. They had been there for hours. And they didn't know how to get down. Operation Goat Rescue begins!
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NPR correspondent Jason Beaubien talks about his trip to the teeming refugee settlements in Bangladesh.
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With this flu season in the U.S. described as "severe," is high-fiving a no-no? How do we keep those flu germs at bay?
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A new study looks at patient records for a variety of cancers from 71 countries. Some of the data is encouraging — and some is discouraging.
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We pulled some offbeat and surprising facts from Goats and Soda stories. See how much you know about a viral YouTube video from Kenya, the lifestyle of ancient Arctic people and more.
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Now's your chance to learn about an all-female orchestra from Afghanistan, the boy who escaped from Boko Haram, a board game that's all about running away from the matchmaker — and more.
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One sign of the poverty they're investigating — the recent (and surprising) reemergence of hookworm in Lowndes County, Ala.
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As a child, Kennedy Odede lived on the streets of a Kenyan slum. Now he is a social activist and best-selling author.
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If you live on $1.90 a day or less, the World Bank says you are extremely poor. Two new poverty lines offer a way to measure poverty in middle income countries.
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A sampling of our stories about the world's girls: A 15-year-old died in a menstrual shed. A former child bride went back to school. Afghan women say no to a restrictive school uniform.
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The chalet fell to the Sprague Fire at Glacier National Park last week. NPR's Marc Silver remembers a strenuous, hours-long climb with his family to reach the building.
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In 2014, food researchers wanted to get more people eating jackfruit — a tree fruit chock-full of nutrients. How's that going?