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The National Institutes of Health has issued a moratorium on funding work that puts human stem cells into nonhuman embryos. The concern is that hybrids might develop human brain cells, sperm or eggs.

Brazil says it has greatly reduced the rate of deforestation. That may be true, critics say, but they argue such figures are misleading because so much of the Amazon has already been degraded.

The unemployment rate dipped slightly to 5 percent, according to the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The three founders of the Brooklyn-based all-female DJ collective Discwoman are chipping away at club culture's bro problem.

Psychologist Guy Winch makes the case for practicing emotional hygiene — taking care of our emotions with the same diligence we take care of our bodies.

Writer and psychologist Andrew Solomon describes how he hid from — and eventually confronted — his own serious depression.

On this week's show, we check in on a comedy in progress: Fox's Brooklyn Nine-Nine. We also talk about culture we've been meaning to get to, and about what's making us happy this week.

My bubba is the duo of Sweden's My and Iceland's Bubba, women whose quirky, delicate, sweetly sung folk songs are a delight.

Employers added 271,000 jobs in October. The pace of hiring far exceeded expectations, and may increase chances that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates at its next meeting.

The pianist and saxophonist was a frequent collaborator with Charles Mingus and Maynard Ferguson.