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Despite the serious risk of melanoma, indoor tanning remains alarmingly popular, especially among young women.

  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
Caption: Support group meeting for foreign students and their parents at the Biblioteca Benito Juárez in Tijuana., Credit: Joel Medina
In the last two years, more than 205,000 parents of American citizen children were deported from the United States. That means a new influx of Amer...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
Caption: A drawing by the American child of deported parents in Tijuana., Credit: Beth Caldwell
The majority of the 400,000 people deported from the U.S. in 2012 were adults, many with criminal records, but minors are sometimes caught up in th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 03:47
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New research suggests that young children understand the concept of fairness, but desire gets in the way of sharing.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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For kids in school, Spring Break is offering a much needed respite from the pressures of being a student. Two psychologists are working with a tech...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:38
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Researchers have identified a molecule that could help turn on newborn babies’ immune systems.

  • Added: Mar 14, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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An hour-long radio documentary examining sexual assault on high school-aged girls in Indiana, featuring stories of sexual assault survivors, as wel...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 53:59
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Scientists have reproduced a human ear using a 3-D printer.

  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Children are better at forming long-term memories than adults for a surprising reason.

  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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Chinese children's reading development has gone downhill since electronic communication technologies became common.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
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On the menu today are two traditional Christmas Eve foods: tamales and oyster stew. Bob Adkins uses his chef chops to make healthy and delicious me...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
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A robotics competition for 9- to 14-year-olds is a sneaky way to get kids excited about science. Allison Quantz followed one team into competition ...

  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 02:45
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Stockbrokers in Indiana may soon find themselves in trouble at work if they don’t pay legally-required child support. The Secretary of State’s Offi...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2012
  • Length: 08:43
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Children, like adults, act more generous when they’re being watched.

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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The incidence of autism has increased in recent years, and so have efforts to identify and treat it earlier.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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Giving vegetables catchier names could get kids to eat more of them.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2012
  • Length: 01:00
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Santa Fe Stories explores school funding and finds a Chinese wall...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2012
  • Length: 28:27
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The growing field of music therapy found recent success in the treatment of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Her therapists sang or played...

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  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 02:31
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When people ask Lita Trejo what it's like to be a foster parent, she explains, "It's like asking a parent 'what do you do as a parent?' It's the sa...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 03:24
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Michigan parents who have seen the YouTube video of seventh-grade boys harassing an elderly school bus monitor in New York ma...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2012
  • Length: 02:01
Caption: Denis Komakech, 17, a blind student, uses his laptop at Gulu High School, northern Uganda, an inclusive school with a special needs annex for children who are blind., Credit: © UNICEF/UGDA2012-00127/Sibiloni
UNICEF podcast moderator Femi Oke discusses the rights of children with disabilities with Shuaib Chalklen, UN Special Rapporteur on Disability of t...

  • Added: Jun 14, 2012
  • Length: 10:55
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BISMARCK, N.D. - Responding to cases of child abuse and neglect costs the nation more than $80 billion a year, according to the latest survey from ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:12
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NEW YORK - The announcement by the Walt Disney Co. that it would ban junk food advertising on its children's programs and networks is being hailed ...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:40
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DENVER - For the next few months, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer a summer meals program, providing free meals to children regardless...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2012
  • Length: 01:14
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - The Paycheck Fairness Act is up for a vote in the U. S. Senate on Tuesday. The Act points out that nearly four decades after th...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:16