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This image is from lab-grown brain tissue — a minibrain — infected by Zika virus (white) with neural stem cells in red and neuronal nuclei in green.

'Minibrains' Could Help Drug Discovery For Zika And For Alzheimer's

Each lab-grown cluster of human cells fits on a pin's head, but contains some of the cell types and circuitry of a real brain. The structures already are offering insights into how Zika attacks.

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Bill reads three news-related limericks...Life's a Bowl of Cherries and Every Other Food; On Dasher, On Dancer, On Domino's; Donkey Bars

The Mayflower, the ship in which the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic to the New World in 1620.

Reconsidering The Pilgrims, Piety And America's Founding Principles

Conservatives who want to emphasize America's Christian roots embrace the story of the Pilgrims and the Mayflower Compact. But some historians say their role in the country's founding is overstated.

Looking for scraps of lead to sell, young people in the town of Kabwe dig through the toxic tailings left behind from 100 years of mining.

What Flint, Mich., And Kabwe, Zambia, Have In Common

They may be half a world away from each other, but both are dealing with the awful effects of lead poisoning.

'Portable Veblen' Puts A Quirky Spin On Marriage And Family

Elizabeth McKenzie's new novel about the pitfalls of approaching marriage is a sharply written romantic comedy with elements of experimental fiction. Maureen Corrigan calls it "totally endearing."

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Bill reads three news-related limericks...Om Delivery, Selfie Improvement; Dawdling Dino

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Bill reads three news-related limericks...Drug Foo Young; Second To Nun; Al-Gore-Ithm

Boys walk across a dusty open plain inside the Protection of Civilians site for displaced people in Bentiu, South Sudan.

Nothing Is Going Right In The World's Newest Nation

A U.N. camp for displaced persons tells the story of South Sudan's woes. Its 120,000 residents, mostly kids, came to escape civil war violence and a growing food crisis.

A 2013 photo of Adelma Tapia Ruiz, provided by her brother Fernando Tapia Ruiz, shows Ruiz with her Belgian husband, Christophe Delcambe, and their twin daughters, Maureen and Alondra. Ruiz died in Tuesday's attacks. A split-second decision saved her husband and daughters from sharing her fate: Delcambe had taken the girls out of the check-in line to play for a moment when the bomb exploded.

The Victims Of The Brussels Attacks: What We Know

The airport and metro station bombings in Brussels killed a total of 35 people, including three attackers, according to Belgium's minister of social affairs and health.

NPR's Past April Fools' Day Pranks

NPR has a tradition of sneaking in a fake story on April Fools' Day. Guest host Daniel Zwerdling speaks with longtime producers Art Silverman and Barry Gordemer about their favorites from past years.

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