Tuesday, January 3, 2012

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A Soft Body, but the Mind of a Robot

Meet the latest in robotics. Also, is being president of the U.S. actually good for the health? | SCIENCE IN THE NEWS

An elastomeric gripper robot

Consumers' Online Petitions Put Pressure on Businesses

Some petitions at Change.org object to girls shirts with messages that critics consider sexist | TECHNOLOGY REPORT

Change.org

Kids, Before the Age of TV There Was a Funny Thing Called Radio

Laughs from yesteryear with performances by Abbott and Costello, Jack Benny, Fred Allen and Bob Hope | THIS IS AMERICA

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

In the Garden: Growing Your Own Lettuce

Lettuce is one of the easiest vegetables to grow yourself, and there are hundreds of varieties | AGRICULTURE REPORT

20 Years After the Soviet Union, Renewed Calls for Political Reform

Russia's economy has grown quickly since the end of communism, but political reform has been slow | IN THE NEWS

Demonstrators in Moscow protest against suspected cheating in Russia's parliamentary elections

Public Debt, Protests Made Economic News in 2011

Top stories included Europe's debt crisis and anger over slow economic progress around the world | ECONOMICS REPORT

Occupy movement protesters demonstrate near a bank in Washington DC in October.

Critics' Picks for Best Books and Movies of the Year

And some of the music we wanted to play this year but did not get the chance | AMERICAN MOSAIC

Author Ann Patchett

American History: Little Known Democrat Defeats President Ford in 1976 Election

"My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm running for president" | THE MAKING OF A NATION

 In this February 8, 1976 photo, former Georgia governor Jimmy Carter relaxes in blue jeans outside his home in Plains, Georgia

How Freud Changed What People Thought About the Mind

Examining Sigmund Freud's influence on the science of mental health | EXPLORATIONS

Sigmund Freud

Rural Medical School Competes With City Life

A new program in the American Midwest seeks to produce doctors who will stay in small communities | EDUCATION REPORT

Medical students in the small town of Salina, Kansas listen to a remote lecture

Laying the Roots for Healthy Teeth in Young Children

Experts say good dental care starts at birth by paying attention to a baby's gums | HEALTH REPORT

A young man in Nebraska tries his hand at flossing in this file photo.
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