Christopher Intagliata

Senior Producer, Science Friday

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See 5 planets align in the sky the next few nights

Monday, March 27, 2023

The next few nights, five planets will line up in the sky: Jupiter, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Mars.

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Fall Out Boy on returning to the basics and making the 'saddest New Year's song ever'

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Fall Out Boy members Patrick Stump and Pete Wentz about their new album So Much (For) Stardust.

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Texas' takeover of Houston's public schools is in motion, but do takeovers work?

Friday, March 24, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Domingo Morel, associate professor at New York University about the state of Texas' takeover of Houston's independent school district.

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ProPublica finds questionable timing of executives' trades on competitors' stocks

Friday, March 24, 2023

Never-before-seen IRS records show that CEOs are sometimes making multimillion-dollar bets on the stocks of direct competitors and partners — and doing so with exquisite timing.

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Strikes continue in France as the public protests higher retirement age

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Three days after France's president Emmanuel Macron enacted reforms to the country's pension system without the approval of parliament, nation-wide protests resumed.

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Two halves of a 17th-century family portrait have been reunited

Friday, March 17, 2023

Art history sleuths in Europe have determined that two separate portraits by a 17th-century Flemish artist actually belong together — and the two works of art have been reunited in a Danish museum.

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With their bank collapsed, a tech startup struggles to make — and receive — payments

Monday, March 13, 2023

Kamal Kapadia's tech startup had all of its money in Silicon Valley Bank. They're still trying to access their funds, days after it collapsed.

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In northern California, stranded cows are getting emergency hay drops

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Record-setting winter storms have battered California. In the northern part of the state, an unusual rescue operation is underway to airdrop hay to stranded cattle.

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Giant eggshells reveal the secrets of Madagascar's elephant birds

Thursday, March 09, 2023

New research analyzing eggshells sheds light on the 1,000-pound elephant birds that once roamed Madagascar.

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Fossilized egg shell pieces are revealing lost information about the elephant bird

Tuesday, March 07, 2023

Before they were driven to extinction, giant elephant birds roamed Madagascar, weighing up to 2,000 pounds and towering 10 feet tall. A new analysis gives hints as to how many species there once were.

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Remembering disability rights activist Judith Heumann

Monday, March 06, 2023

Judith Heumann was a disability rights activist and a leader of the disability community. In 1977, she helped to revive legislation that set the groundwork for the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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How Volker Bertelmann created the score for "All Quiet On The Western Front"

Friday, March 03, 2023

NPR's Robin Hilton sits down with composer Volker Bertelmann to talk about how he channeled the drama and horror of World War I into his Oscar-nominated score for "All Quiet On The Western Front."

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When it comes to the dangers of AI, surveillance poses more risk than anything

Thursday, March 02, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Paul Scharre about how tech giants and the world's militaries are wielding the power of artificial intelligence. It's the subject of his new book Four Battlegrounds.

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San Francisco's 'Bucket Man' Larry Hunt has died at 64

Thursday, March 02, 2023

Larry Hunt, the "Bucket Man" who brought his percussive soundtrack to the streets of downtown San Francisco, has died at 64.

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The parallels between Vonnegut's science fiction and our modern-day world

Friday, February 24, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Robin Murphy, professor at Texas A&M University, about the through line between a science fiction novel and the current state of AI and automation.

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What Kroger is doing with data about customers in its loyalty program

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with reporter Jon Keegan of The Markup about the data that Kroger grocery chain collects about customers in its loyalty program.

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Climate change has forced thousands to relocate in the U.S.

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jake Bittle, the author of The Great Displacement, about how climate change has forced some people in the U.S. to relocate against their will.

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A Make-A-Wish recipient recalls meeting Michael Jordan, who just donated $10 million

Friday, February 17, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Katie Dankowski about Michael Jordan's record-breaking $10 million donation. Dankowski met Jordan herself, as her wish as a child battling a brain tumor.

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National Cancer Institute director opens up about her own cancer diagnosis

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with National Cancer Institute Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli on Biden's cancer moon shot and her breast cancer diagnosis.

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The violent and murky beginnings of Valentine's Day

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

A very brief look at the dark and murky beginnings of Valentine's Day.

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