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Fund To Help Boston Bombing Victims Raises $30 Million

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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 6:39 pm

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

It's been one month since a pair of bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three and wounding more than 260. NPR's Joel Rose returned to the scene today and found Bostonians observing the somber occasion with little fanfare.

2:09 pm

Wed May 15, 2013

Laura Mvula's Velvet 'Moon' Is A Revelation

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Laura Mvula's debut is ambitiously confident, as if she and her band had perfected their sound years ago.

By Oliver Wang

Originally published on Fri May 17, 2013 8:33 am

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Wed May 15, 2013

Go Fish (Somewhere Else): Warming Oceans Are Altering Catches

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Crew members unload a catch of sockeye salmon at Craig, Alaska, in 2005. Researchers say fish are being found in new areas because of changing ocean temperatures.

By Richard Harris

Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 6:39 pm

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Climate change is gradually altering the fish that end up on ice in seafood counters around the world, according to a new study.

"The composition of the [global] fish catch includes more and more fish from the warmer areas, and cold-water fish are getting more rare, because the temperatures are increasing," says Daniel Pauly at the University of British Columbia, a co-author of the study.

11:13 am

Wed May 15, 2013

Scientists Clone Human Embryos To Make Stem Cells

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A scientist removes the nucleus from a human egg using a pipette. This is the first step to making personalized embryonic stem cells.

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Shoukhrat Mitalipov, of Oregon Health & Science University, first cloned monkey embryos before trying his method on human eggs.

By Rob Stein

Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 10:57 am

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Scientists say they have, for the first time, cloned human embryos capable of producing embryonic stem cells.

The accomplishment is a long-sought step toward harnessing the potential power of embryonic stem cells to treat many human diseases. But the work also raises a host of ethical concerns.

7:02 pm

Tue May 14, 2013

IRS Inspector General Faults 'Ineffective Management'

By Scott Horsley

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Audie Cornish talks to Scott Horsley about the IRS Inspector General's report on the agency's audit of conservative groups.

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