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Monday, December 17, 2012 | 11:00 AM
A frieze of skulls adorns the side of the Tzompantli, the platform probably used to exhibit sacrificed prisoners at the ancient Maya city of Chichen Itza, with the main pyramid, El Castillo, in the background, in Mexic. (AP)

The real cosmology of the ancient Maya, as Mayan apocalypse fever hits American pop culture.

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Friday, December 14, 2012 | 10:00 AM
President Barack Obama walks out of Blair House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, before crossing Pennsylvania Avenue and returning to the White House after attending a holiday party for the National Security Council. (AP)

A North Korean missile goes long range. Union defeat in Michigan. Will it be a fiscal cliff Christmas? Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Friday, December 7, 2012 | 10:00 AM
In this Sunday, Dec. 2, 2012 photo, residents walk past damaged buildings due to heavy fighting between Free Syrian Army fighters and government forces in Aleppo, Syria. (AP)

The White House threatens to go over the fiscal cliff. Tough chemical warfare warnings for Syria. Big bank layoffs. A royal baby bump. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Monday, December 3, 2012 | 10:00 AM
A U.S. Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport in Afghanistan. (AP)

The law and American drones. They’re killing all over. What should the rules be?

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Friday, November 30, 2012 | 10:00 AM
UN Ambassador Susan Rice, right, smiles as she is applauded, as President Barack Obama says what an excellent job she has been doing, before meeting with his cabinet, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. Earlier, Rice continued her fight on Capitol Hill to win over skeptics in the Senate who could block her chances at becoming the next U.S. secretary of state. (AP)

Cracks in the GOP tax pledge. Obama and Romney do lunch. Palestinian statehood at the U.N. Uproar in Egypt. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012 | 10:00 AM
Congolese government soldiers (FARDC) patrol the streets of Minova under their control Sunday Nov. 25, 2012. Government troops remain in Minova, 25 kilometers (15 miles) south of Sake, following a failed attack on M23 last Thursday.Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army. (AP)

Rebels on the move in Congo. We’ll go there with NPR’s John Burnett. To Africa’s endless war.

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Friday, November 23, 2012 | 10:00 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, center, meets with Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, and Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed Kamel Amr, left, in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012. (AP)

An explosive week for Israel and Gaza. President Obama, home from Asia. Lawmakers on the fiscal cliff. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2012 | 10:00 AM
A Chinese couple look at a newspaper carrying photos of new General Secretary of Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, top left, shaking hands with his predecessor Hu Jintao, top right, and Xi and other members of the party leadership in Beijing, China, Friday Nov. 16, 2012. Long-anointed successor Xi assumes the leadership of China at a time when the ruling Communist Party is confronting slower economic growth, a public clamor to end corruption and demands for change that threaten its hold on power. (AP)

A once-in-a-decade leadership change is underway in China. We’ll look at what it may mean for China and the world.

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Monday, November 19, 2012 | 10:00 AM
Explosion and smoke rise following an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP)

Israel and Hamas this time. And what’s changed with Egypt reshaped. And Syria at war.

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Friday, November 16, 2012 | 10:00 AM
A rocket launched by Palestinian militants towards Israel makes its way from the northern Gaza Strip, seen from the Israel Gaza Border, southern Israel, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012. (AP)

Petraeus and scandal. Obama faces the press. Benghazi hearings. Israel pounds Hamas. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Jun 18, 2013
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Are lab grown blood vessels, hearts and lungs the answer to the nation’s organ donor shortage? We’ll look at the brave new science.

Jun 18, 2013
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969. (NASA)

In the days of the Space Race, they became overnight celebrities as their husbands shot for the Moon. The Astronaut Wives Club.

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Jun 17, 2013
Pollution and power lines in northern China. (Adam Cohn/Flickr)

China’s rapid growth and its profound effect on the environment.

 
Jun 17, 2013
his Tuesday, June 4, 2013 file photo citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (Edlib News Network ENN/AP File)

Washington’s new pledge to Syria: More military aid to the rebels. We’ll ask what aid and what it may mean.

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Questions on Civil Rights Champion Medgar Evers?
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. We’ll be talking about his life and legacy. What are your questions about Evers, about civil rights now?

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What’s Your Question For Mark Bittman?
Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013

We’ve got a terrific On Point Live event coming up this Thursday evening. Tom will be interviewing food author and columnist Mark Bittman at the Paramount Theater in Boston.

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Tick Tock: The Secrets To Your Relationship To Time
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Claudia Hammond, author of “Time Warped: Unlocking The Mysteries Of Time Perception,” told us new memories make you feel like there’s more time, whereas routine makes it seem like the weeks and years zip by.

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