#all-things-considered — Public Fediverse posts
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The Seismometers At The End Of The Earth Have Names [Antarctica]
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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/08/nx-s1-5691843/the-seismometers-at-the-end-of-the-earth-have-names <-- shared radio interview (audio and transcript)
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/loneliest-seismometers-earth <-- shared #USGS page
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/loneliest-seismometers-earth <-- shared USGS overview video
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#radio #NPR #AllThingsConsidered #interview #IceCube #Antarctica #seismometer #SouthPole #globa; #earthquake #monitoring #remotesensing #seismic #GlobalSeismographicNetwork #fedscience #publicgood #publicsafety #earthscience #geology #structuralgeology #spatialanalysis #interdisciplinary #collaboration #geophysics #research #ScienceSnippet
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The delightful history behind serendipity suggests it’s not mere luck – NPR
Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack in the 2001 film Serendipity. RGR Collection / AlamySpecial Series, Word of the week
The delightful history behind serendipity suggests it’s not mere luck
January 7, 20265:00 AM ET, Heard on All Things Considered
By Juliana Kim, 2-Minute Listen
In the new year, we can all use some serendipity, right?
Since the word was coined in the 18th century, “serendipity” has been used to describe all kinds of scientific and technological breakthroughs, including penicillin, the microwave oven and Velcro. (More on these below.)
The whimsical term has also been the title of countless poems, songs and books about remarkable coincidences or eureka moments. And let’s not forget that it was the name of the charming 2001 romantic comedy about two strangers — played by John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale — meeting and reuniting during chance encounters.
“Serendipity” — as the Merriam-Webster dictionary defines it — is “the ability to find valuable or agreeable things not sought for” or “luck that takes the form of such finding.”
While the word has often been associated with good fortune or happy accidents, its origin suggests that serendipity goes beyond just happenstance. Some researchers argue that serendipity can be acquired through skill and that opportunities for serendipitous moments occur more frequently than we realize.
In this week’s installment of NPR’s Word of the Week, we dive into the roots of serendipity, its impact throughout history and tips on how we can cultivate it ourselves.
Serendipity’s wayward journey
While serendipity is all about the unexpected, its origins are less mysterious.
Serendipity Plot: Although strangers Sara and Jonathan are both already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter – but part company soon after. Years later, they each yearn to reunite, despite being destined for the altar. But to give true love a chance, they have to find one another again. The Movie DB: 6.951/10 Information Runtime: 90 min Genre: Comedy, Romance Language: English Country: United States of America, India Budget: $28,000,000 Revenue: $77,516,304 Homepage: Release date: October 5 2001 Read more: The delightful history behind serendipity suggests it’s not mere luck – NPRContinue/Read Original Article Here: The delightful history behind serendipity suggests it’s not mere luck : NPR
Tags: 2001, All Things Considered, Audio, Coincidence, Film, History, John Cusack, Juliana Kim, Kate Beckinsale, Love, Movie, National Public Radio, NPR, Personal Attraction, Serendipity, Unlucky in Love
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In his new book, author Dan Brown tackles the ultimate mystery : NPR
In his new book, author Dan Brown tackles the ultimate mystery
September 9, 2025, 4:27 PM ET, Heard on All Things Considered
By Scott Detrow, Tyler Bartlam, and Jeanette Woods
5-Minute Listen TranscriptAuthor Dan Brown is known for storylines that delve into myth and conspiracy theories. His new book — The Secret of Secrets — tackles the ultimate mystery: human consciousness.
SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Robert Langdon is back in action, the dashing and brilliant Harvard professor who has a knack for wandering into situations where he unearths big philosophical questions and at the same time gets chased around by bad guys who do not want those questions answered. Langdon is, of course, the recurring main character in author Dan Brown’s thrillers “The Da Vinci Code,” “Angels & Demons” and many others. In Brown’s latest novel, “The Secret Of Secrets,” Langdon has traded the mysteries of Christianity and the mysteries of Freemasonry for the even bigger mystery of the nature of human consciousness. Dan Brown, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
DAN BROWN: Thanks for having me.
DETROW: So this is by my count your sixth book starring Robert Langdon. How has he changed over the years?
BROWN: (Laughter) Well, he’s aging much more slowly than I am, I’ve sensed.
DETROW: (Laughter).
BROWN: You know, this book took eight years to write. And Langdon, who is always – he’s always skeptical about all things conspiratorial and paranormal and all that sort of stuff. And in this book, he is sort of dragged out of his comfort box by a noetic scientist named Katherine Solomon. And he becomes a believer in aspects of consciousness that to most of us, myself included, seem quite out of this world.
DETROW: I want to ask about the topic of the book. How much were you personally thinking about these big questions of consciousness? Was that how the book started out? Is that something you were wrestling with or wondering about and wanting to learn more about?
BROWN: Absolutely. I mean, it’s no secret I like to write about big, sweeping, important topics, you know?
DETROW: Yeah.
BROWN: There really is no topic bigger, that I can imagine, than consciousness. It’s the lens through which we see reality, see ourselves, see our interactions with other people. And I wrote the character Katherine Solomon maybe 10 or 12 years ago as an ancillary character in another book, and she was a noetic scientist. And through the research for that book, I started to learn about noetic science. And some of these mind experiments who have results that are simply – you cannot believe them. You hear what the result is and you say, that’s impossible. And you read more, and you find out that reality is a much stranger thing than we ever imagined.
DETROW: For those of us who aren’t as familiar, can you briefly explain noetic science?
Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.
Continue/Read Original Article Here: In his new book, author Dan Brown tackles the ultimate mystery : NPR
#2025 #AllThingsConsidered #Books #DanBrown #HumanConsciousness #Interview #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #NationalPublicRadio #NPR #Opinion #Published #Reading #TheSecretOfSecrets #UltimateMystery
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Ari Shapiro, “All Things Considered” Host, To Depart NPR After 25 Years
#News #Politics #AllThingsConsidered #AriShapiro #ElectionLine #NPRhttps://deadline.com/2025/08/ari-shapiro-npr-all-things-considered-1236493186/
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#CPB helps fund both #PBS & #NPR, but most of its funding is distributed to more than 1,500 local #PublicRadio & #television stations around the country.
The corporation also has deep ties to much of the nation’s most familiar programming, from NPR’s “#AllThingsConsidered” to, historically, “#SesameStreet,” “#MisterRogers Neighborhood” & the documentaries of #KenBurns.
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My friend, high-school English teacher Alexandra Howes, interviewed along with colleague Alonzo Vereen on the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby. #booksky #literature #NPR #AllThingsConsidered #GreatGatsby www.boisestatepublicradio.org/2025-04-12/h...
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... and here was that #NPR #AllThingsConsidered story, interviewing the author and inadvertent eavesdropper on US national security secrets.
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Health care providers are including spiritual wellness into their practice, including my friend and fellow Friend Kathy: https://www.npr.org/2025/01/14/nx-s1-5252809/why-some-doctors-have-started-asking-patients-about-their-spiritual-lives
#npr #spirituality #health #wellness #quakers #quakerism #allthingsconsidered #benthorp
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#NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingMidMorningBiscuitNotNews... With a #Diablo4World #Update #SpecialBulletin... #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews... #InBrief(s)...
#MyLittleBigBuddy has been #HittingThingsWithHammers with his #NewBarbarian... #Again... With #QuiteALot [#TechnicalTerm] of #ShingShing...
#NeverUnderEstimate #TheHealingPowerOfPants and #SparklyThings... With a #SparklyPony...
He's #DoingQuiteWell... #AllThingsConsidered... He's #NotThatMuch of a #Gamer; but, he's #Learning...
#TheLearning... #IT's more #HisThing than #MyThing; but, #IT's #GoodToShare, right...?
"#BeingRight is #SuperAwesome™️" and you can #QuoteMe on #That, too...
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As your resident astrologer it would be unethical of me to tell you what this means.
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“Among the blackened remnants of roofs and walls, there are mounds of silvery ash, even nine months later. After the fire, the Environmental Protection Agency sprayed a glue-like substance called Soiltac to stabilize the debris and prevent it from running off” due to the proximity of #coral #reefs. #npr #atc #allThingsConsidered #lahaina #fire #mauiStrong #coralReef “Maui community mobilizes to protect water quality from runoff after Lahaina fires” https://www.npr.org/2024/05/10/1248856713/lahaina-maui-fire-ocean-water-quality-safety
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Immigrants to the United States commit fewer crimes than those native born: https://www.npr.org/2024/03/08/1237103158/immigrants-are-less-likely-to-commit-crimes-than-us-born-americans-studies-find
#npr #immigration #crime #law #immigrants #fearmongering #fascism #racism #xenophobia #nationalism #disinformation #lies #jasminegarsd #allthingsconsidered
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Bob Edwards Dies: Longtime Anchor Of NPR’s ‘Morning Edition’ & SiriusXM Host Was 76
#News #Obituaries #AllThingsConsidered #BobEdwards #MorningEdition #NPR #Radio #SiriusXMhttps://deadline.com/2024/02/bob-edwards-dead-npr-morning-edition-1235823609/
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A #trans #man and his #partner are to be on #NPR'S #AllThingsConsidered in the 7 am (CDT) tomorrow talking about #PopeFrances' #declaration today that #SameSexCouples can have their #relationship #blessed.
They attend a #supportive #Congregation in the #Baltimore area.
Just a quick heads up for you all.
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Conservative police officers are refusing to collaborate with progressive prosecutors: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/23/1214894247/disgusted-by-citys-top-prosecutor-a-police-officer-refuses-to-testify
#npr #propublica #sachapfeiffer #lawenforcement #legalsystem #justice #justicesystem #stlouis #rogermurphy #kimgardner #allthingsconsidered
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An innovative program between a non-profit and Los Angeles County has a de facto real estate agency for the unhoused and it has a huge return on investment: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/24/1207461308/homelessness-housing-losangeles-la-real-estate-unhoused
#npr #losangeles #la #homelessness #unhoused #houselessness #jenniferludden #allthingsconsidered #publicradio
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'This fossil of a mammal biting a dinosaur captures a death battle's final moments'
...a #remarkable #new #fossil, originating in the early #Cretaceous some 125 million years ago and now described in the journal #ScientificReports, conjures a rather different possibility. It consists of two #intertwined #skeletons — an upstart #mammal #sinkingitsteeth into a much larger #dinosaur.
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A new chapter for Sylvia Poggioli : NPR
I will miss her correspondences from abroad. She was consistently excellent in her coverage of international events. 📻
#NPR #SylviaPoggioli #AllThingsConsidered #Radio #Journalism
https://www.npr.org/sections/npr-extra/2023/03/17/1164214961/a-new-chapter-for-sylvia-poggioli
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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him you probably will not.
#GKChesterton (1874-1936) #AllThingsConsidered; "Humanitarianism and Strength", 1908
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It was a sacred honor to speak to @[email protected] #AllThingsConsidered about our beloved @[email protected]. He is the best of us. May we all catch his lust for life and wrap ourselves in the grace, mirth, and divine consolation he lavished upon the world. @[email protected] #RIPLin
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151474945/remembering-longtime-chicago-radio-host-lin-brehmer
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›About 1,000 brain scientists squeezed into an auditorium at the San Diego Convention Center for the symposium, called #Psychedelics and #Neural Plasticity.
They'd come to hear talks on how #drugs like #psilocybin and #MDMA can alter individual brain cells, can help rewire the #brain, and may offer a new way to treat disorders ranging from #Depression to #ChronicPain‹
🔗 https://text.npr.org/1145306096
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🏷️ #Neuroscience #Anxiety #Paranoia #Schizophrenia #PTSD #NPR #AllThingsConsidered
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Listening to #AllThingsConsidered on #NPR and boy howdy is Mike Pence a smug SOB
