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Inside The Cel: Behind The Scenes With Animators
The highly anticipated animated films Monsters University, Despicable Me 2 and Turbo hit theaters this summer. From cel technology to full-length, computer-animated, celebrity-studded movies, animation has come a long way.
Looking Ahead To The Future Of Syria's Crisis
To date, the civil war in Syria has claimed tens of thousands of lives and, according U.N. estimates, has caused more than a million refugees to flee to neighboring countries. As part of TOTN's "Looking Ahead" series, NPR foreign correspondent Deb Amos discusses where the conflict may go.
The NSA, Verizon And The Future of Domestic Spying
According to a top-secret court order obtained by The Guardian, the National Security Agency has collected the phone records of millions of U.S. Verizon customers since late April. The Guardian's Spencer Ackerman explains the coming debate over the scale of domestic spying operations.
Formerly of the Drive-By Truckers, Jason Isbell went solo in 2007 with the a...
Jason Isbell: Literary, But Keeping An Edge On 'Southeastern'
Jason Isbell is a singer-songwriter who came to prominence as a member of the Southern-rock band the Drive-By Truckers. He left that band in 2007, in part because of the substance-abuse problems he mentions in his new solo album Southeastern.
In her latest book about Henry Molaison, Corkin tells the story of the man w...
The Patient Who Let Us Peek Inside A Brain In 'Present Tense'
For nearly 50 years, neuroscientist Suzanne Corkin worked with Henry Molaison, who lost most of his memory in 1953 after a botched experimental brain surgery. Their work together taught us much of what we know today about memory, and she writes about Molaison and their work in her new book.
Navy Studies Cicadas For Their Amplifying Sound Technique
From southern Virginia to New England, lots of people are being treated to a cicada serenade. If these insects sound loud to you, that's because they are. They're so loud that some Navy engineers are trying to borrow their technique.