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That zing in your teeth from a cold treat? Blame this ancient armored fish

The sometimes uncomfortable sensations we feel in our teeth may be an evolutionary holdover from the scaly exteriors of ancient armored fish.

Cooling tower one and two are seen at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. President Trump signed executive orders which seek to reorganize America's nuclear regulator while giving a boost to new nuclear technologies. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption

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Trump seeks to boost nuclear industry and overhaul safety regulator

A series of executive orders aims to promote new kinds of nuclear reactors while restructuring the body in charge of nuclear safety.

Trump seeks to boost nuclear industry and overhaul safety regulator

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From left: tenor Alexander Taite, baritone Wilford Kelly, mezzo-soprano Samantha Rose Williams, conductor Paul Phillips, composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin appear at a 2023 performance with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra and Stanford Symphonic Chorus of A Knee on the Neck, a requiem cantata in honor of George Floyd. The performance marked the West Coast premiere of the piece. Stanford Orchestras hide caption

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George Floyd musical tribute poet warns of 'worse' racial tensions five years after the murder

Adolphus Hailstork's 2022 requiem cantata "A Knee on the Neck" pays tribute to George Floyd. NPR speaks with librettist Herbert Martin, who initiated the work, five years after police killed Floyd in Minneapolis.

Revisiting a music tribute to George Floyd

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DOJ confirms it has a deal with Boeing to drop prosecution over deadly 737 Max crashes

The Justice Department says it has reached an agreement in principle with Boeing to drop a criminal case over two fatal crashes of 737 Max jets, despite objections from some victims' family members.

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Indigo Girls: Tiny Desk Concert

Emily Saliers and Amy Ray share space as only they can, trading off songs each had written while becoming one through their trademark harmonies.

Actor George Wendt holds a glass of beer in a barroom in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 13, 1983. (AP Photo/Wally Fong) WALLY FONG/ASSOCIATED PRESS/AP hide caption

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Cheers to a life well lived

Character actor George Wendt was known to a generation as Norm, the beleaguered, lovable everyman on the sit-com "Cheers." He died this week at the age of 76.

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A survivor of the Cambodian genocide opens up to his daughter

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Bo Uce still vividly remembers his experiences as a child soldier under the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. He doesn't talk much about his past. But his daughter, Victoria Uce, wants to know.

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Mission: Impossible's overblown 'Final Reckoning' still thrills

The two hour, 49 minute conclusion to the seven-sequel franchise is self-congratulatory and inanely plotted. But, as always, it's fun to watch Tom Cruise, now 62, execute eye-popping stunts.

Mission: Impossible's overblown 'Final Reckoning' still thrills

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'Grandpa robbers' guilty: 8 convicted in Kim Kardashian Paris heist trial

High-profile trial in Paris finds 8 of the so-called 'Grandpa Robbers' guilty of robbing Kim Kardashian at gunpoint in 2016. Most were in their 60s when the jewelry heist took place.

KYIV, UKRAINE - MAY 23: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - 'MILITARY ADMINISTRATION OF KYIV CITY / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) 270 Ukrainian military personnel and 120 civilians are returned to Ukraine after the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday that Moscow and Kyiv had exchanged 270 servicemen and 120 civilians each in the first round of a large-scale swap, carried out under the terms of an agreement reached in Istanbul last week in Kyiv, Ukraine on May 23, 2025. (Photo by Military Administration of Kyiv City/Anadolu via Getty Images) Military Administration of Kyiv City/Anadolu via Getty Image hide caption

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Ukraine and Russia begin the largest prisoner-of-war exchange since the invasion

Ukraine and Russia have begun the exchange of 1,000 prisoners of war, the largest such swap since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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DOGE tried to embed in GAO. Experts say it should have asked GAO for help instead

DOGE attempted to assign a team to the Government Accountability Office, an influential congressional watchdog agency. It refused. But experts say DOGE could have learned much from GAO.

GAO has long done DOGE-like work

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5 eating habits that can help you sleep better at night

What you eat during the day can affect how well you sleep at night. Sleep researchers explain the impact of diet, caffeine and alcohol on sleep health, and share a list of sleep-supporting foods.

What to eat for better sleep

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