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PSRD: Planetary Science Research Discoveries with Jeff Taylor and Linda Martel

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Our special guests, Jeff Taylor and Linda Martel of HIGP/SOEST, will share the PSRD (Planetary Science Research Discoveries) website. We will also discuss a report from the recent SOEST Open House and a project with high school students from Punahou and Kalani. All part of the University’s work to communicate planetary science to the people of Hawaii.

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- Mark Walker
F.A.A. Investigating How Counterfeit Titanium Got Into Boeing and Airbus Jets

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Major Supreme Court Rulings, and Counterfeit Titanium in Planes

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Carnage and Contradiction: Examining a Deadly Strike in Rafah

Israel said it took care to avoid harming civilians when it targeted two Hamas fighters. An investigation shows civilian casualties were almost inevitable. [...]

- Isabel Kershner
Why a Gaza Cease-Fire Is So Elusive

Both sides are pursuing maximalist demands, jockeying for a deal that will determine the fate of postwar Gaza — and allow them to declare victory. [...]

- Mitch Smith
In Pivotal West Michigan, Voters Are Exhausted and Underwhelmed

The Grand Rapids area helped deliver Michigan to Donald J. Trump in 2016 and President Biden four years later. Many voters long for new options. [...]

As campaign passes halfway, mood in Tory and Labour camps could not be more different

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Polling expert Sir John Curtice on Reform and Lib Dem gains

Reform UK is gaining ground in the polls since the former UKIP leader's decision to stand as a candidate. [...]

Sunak 'still fighting' for votes as Labour say millions remain undecided

It comes as the leaders of Reform and Plaid Cymru took calls from the public as part of BBC Radio 5 Live's election special. [...]

Watch: Bagpipes and beers as Scots take over Munich

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Mosley's 'genius' remembered in tribute programmes

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The EU is set to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese electric cars and Beijing is already threatening countermeasures. German carmakers are calling for open markets. [...]

The Russian leader's conditions for peace were swiftly rejected by Ukraine, which described them as a sham. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will outline his own peace-plan in Switzerland over the [...]

World leaders are converging in the Bürgenstock Resort in Switzerland for the Summit on Peace in Ukraine in hopes of finding a way to end the war. A handful of [...]

The African National Congress and Democratic Alliance have reached a deal to form a unity government along with the Inkatha Freedom Party. President Cyril Ramaphosa is likely to be reelected [...]

- Associated Press
Dozens of hikers became ill during trips to waterfalls near the Grand Canyon

The hikers were visiting a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls on the Havasupai reservation deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park. [...]

- Suzanne Nuyen
SCOTUS rejects abortion pill challenge; readers' dads give their best advice

The Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to the FDA's rules for the abortion pill mifepristone. NPR readers share the best advice their dads have given. [...]

- Will Stone
In 'Good Energy,' a doctor lays out how to measure and boost your metabolic health

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- Hosts
A St. Louis restaurant imposes age restrictions: no women under 30 or men under 35

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- Cory Turner
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In many places, kindergarteners are as likely to be chronically absent as high school seniors, but one school district in rural California is doing something about it. [...]

- Gaspard Sebag

France’s Republicans edged closer to a breakup as the party’s bitter infighting played out in a Paris court, with its leader Eric Ciotti challenging a motion to expel him from [...]

- Fiona Rutherford

The US government is updating crucial quality ratings for private Medicare plans, paving the way for 2025 bonus payments worth hundreds of millions of dollars to insurers that operate health [...]

- Paige Smith

A $30 billion settlement between Visa Inc., Mastercard Inc. and retailers to cap credit-card swipe fees is likely to be rejected by a federal judge in Brooklyn, a setback in [...]

- S'thembile Cele and Paul Vecchiatto

South Africa’s political leaders agreed to a broad alliance to form the next government and back the reelection of Cyril Ramaphosa as president after a shock election result left the [...]

- Siddharth Philip and Allyson Versprille

The Federal Aviation Administration is probing the supply of titanium with falsified documents that was used in parts supplied to Boeing Co. and Airbus SE, the New York Times reported. [...]

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