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1:41 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

From Mars: Curiosity's Tracks, Up Close And From Above

NASA continues to share some fascinating photos of the Mars rover Curiosity. Among the latest:

-- An image taken from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter that shows Curiosity's tracks from high above. According to NASA, "the image's color has been enhanced to show the surface details better."

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Live in Concert
1:36 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

ACME In Concert: Steve Reich's Complete String Quartets

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Members of ACME (violinists Caroline Shaw and Ben Russell, violist Nadia Sirota and cellist Clarice Jensen) dug into Steve Reich's Different Trains to open their performance, recorded live on Sept. 11, 2012.

Originally published on Wed November 14, 2012 1:49 pm

ALL-REICH PROGRAM

  • Different Trains (1988)
  • Triple Quartet (1998)
  • WTC 9/11 (2010)
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Technology
1:31 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

Why Your Cell Phone Could Be Called A 'Tracker'

Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 11:29 am

Your cellphone is a tracking device collecting a lot more information about you than you may think, says ProPublica investigative reporter Peter Maass.

"They are collecting where we are — not just at one particular moment in the day, but at virtually every moment of the day," Maass tells Fresh Air's Dave Davies. "They are also taking note of what we are buying, how we're purchasing it, how often we're purchasing it."

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Interviews
1:20 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

Advocate Fights 'Ambient Dispair' In Assisted Living

Originally published on Fri September 7, 2012 11:31 am

Martin Bayne entered an assisted living facility at 53 after he was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease. The disease affected his nerves so severely, it was impossible for him to take a shower and get dressed by himself.

"When I was in my 40s, I was physically fit and very active," Bayne tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "And to have to give all that up and stay in a wheelchair now and be helped by so many people to do the simplest of things — it takes a little getting used to."

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Shots - Health Blog
1:17 pm
Thu September 6, 2012

How Americans Think About Screening

Credit Rich Pedroncelli / AP
Dr. Karen Lindsfor, a radiologist at the University of California, Davis, Medical Center, reads a mammogram in Sacramento, Calif.

Originally published on Thu September 13, 2012 10:28 am

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, Ben Franklin wrote. But that was before he had to consider the risks and benefits of screening tests for cancers of the breast and prostate.

There are conflicting guidelines on when women should get mammograms and mounting questions on when the PSA blood test for prostate cancer is worthwhile.

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