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University of Arkansas researcher Lindsay Lundeen co-authored a study finding that religion and spirituality may protect chronically online young adults, including gamers, from major depression.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Christine E. Wormuth of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the state of a potential nuclear arms race now that the current nuclear-arms-control treaty has expired.
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U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, sit down with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly at the Munich Security Conference.
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Elephants use their trunks much like a human uses their hands: to pick up food and manipulate objects. A new study finds that tiny, specialized whiskers on elephant trunks help them do it.
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The FBI describes the armed man caught on Nancy Guthrie's camera as 5-foot-9-inches to 5-foot-10 and of average build. The 84-year-old mother of Savannah Guthrie has been missing since Feb. 1.
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Beyond the Ozarks
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A preview of the Feb. 7 symposium from the Black History Commission of Arkansas in Little Rock, as historian Ralph Wilcox explains the origins, reach and fragile legacy of Rosenwald schools across the South. -
Courtesy/Little Rock Public RadioArkansas lawmakers raised concerns over a DHS proposal to shift Medicaid in-home personal care eligibility decisions to physicians. Officials agreed to pull the rule and rework it.
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Local Music News from KUAF
- Soul Merchant revival brings 11-piece funk band to George’s
- Rochelle Bradshaw brings 'Island Girl,' Bob Marley tribute to George’s
- Sarah Mesko visits Elm Springs for Chamber Music of the Ozarks
- Amos Cochran brings 'Immersive Sonic Dreamscapes' to Alma
- New UA resolution shifts sources for athletic funding — Faith leaders gather for 'prayer guard'
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