Patrick Jarenwattananon

What would happen next if Iran agreed to surrender its highly enriched uranium

Scott Detrow, Kai McNamee, Patrick Jarenwattananon

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Scott Roecker of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about how the U.S. might go about moving highly enriched uranium out of Iran.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's new owner is rethinking the business model of local news

Juana Summers, Avery Keatley, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Just weeks before it was supposed to close, a nonprofit institute bought the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. NPR's Juana Summers speaks to the institute's chairman, Stewart Bainum Jr., about the sale.
She used to run U.S. AIDS relief — now, foreign aid has changed

Juana Summers, Matt Ozug, Vincent Acovino, Patrick Jarenwattananon

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to Dr. Deborah Birx about PEPFAR and the global fight to end HIV/AIDS.
Sperm whales make sounds like human vowels, scientists report

Megan Lim, Patrick Jarenwattananon

A new report from scientists at Project CETI demonstrates that the noises that sperm whales make to communicate with each other contain what humans would describe as vowels.
The authority of age vs. the buzziness of youth, in 'The Take'

Ailsa Chang, Kathryn Fink, Patrick Jarenwattananon, Courtney Dorning

In The Take, an older woman and a younger woman agree to exchange 10 years of their lives through a blood transfusion. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with author Kelly Yang.
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New species of glass frog identified in Ecuador

Gurjit Kaur, Patrick Jarenwattananon

A new type of glass frog has been discovered in Ecuador, and researchers have named it after weightlifter Neisi Dajomes, the first Ecuadorian woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Asha Bhosle, iconic Bollywood singer, dies at 92 years old

Erika Ryan, Patrick Jarenwattananon

Legendary Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle has died at 92 years old. Her decades-long career left a lasting impact in India and across the world.