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At Roosevelt High School in Seattle, teachers are using a new science curriculum called the Inquiry Method to teach biology. It's supposed to inspire curiosity -- sometimes at the expense of memorization of facts. NPR's Robert Smith is spending a whole year following the teachers and students at Roosevelt, and has this report. (6:15)

Host Madeleine Brand talks with the Tucson-based band Calexico, who try to capture the spirit of their region in music - a soundtrack to the Southwest. (6:30) {Calexico, Even My Sure Things Fall Through. Quarterstick Records, Chicago, IL: 1998-2001}.

Harryhausen's trademark Dynamation method made possible a whole genre of science fiction and fantasy filmmaking. His films include The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans. (Rebroadcast from Jan. 6, 2003.)

Dangerfield died Tuesday at the age of 82. He recently published a book about his life, Rodney Dangerfield: It's Not Easy Bein' Me. This interview was originally broadcast on July 6, 2004.

The unemployment rate remains at 3.6%, its lowest level in more than two years.

With warmer than average Atlantic Ocean temperatures and an ongoing La Niña, 6 to 10 named hurricanes have been predicted.

Navarro failed to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee in the House of Representatives.

A 6.3 magnitude quake shook Turkey's southern province near the Syrian border on Monday.

That means 6 million low-income people could lose access to health care.

Former President Donald Trump faces criminal charges that he broke the law when he tried repeatedly to overturn results of the 2020 election — leading to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.