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Lots of items in your local grocery aisle claim to have been at the 1893 World's Fair. We piece together these savory origin stories.
On The Gist, Grumpy Cat is dead. So are Bill de Blasio’s chances at winning the White House.
In the interview, 1999 might be the greatest year in film—think The Matrix, The Sixth Sense, and Fight Club. But does Magnolia belong in the great movie pantheon, and should we really have been as impressed with American Beauty as we were? Brian Raftery, author of Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen, takes us through the last year of the ’90s and explains why there hasn’t been one like it since.
In the Spiel, there’s no place for centrism as far as abortion rights go.
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Where the conditions are right, life can arise. But what might the ‘right’ conditions be? Could the dark sector of our Universe be inhabited? That’s what Gautam from Delhi, India has been wondering. He points out that dark matter and dark energy make up around 95% of the Universe and the remaining segment is normal matter - the stuff we’re all made up of. Given that there’s so much of this dark material, could dark life have evolved? Marnie Chesterton investigates with Dr Matt Middleton, Dr Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil and Dr Renato Costa. Together, they unpick what dark matter and dark energy are and test out some listener theories as to what these mysterious mediums might be. For instance, Yoseph from Ogden, USA questions whether black holes could account for the missing matter and it turns out, he might just be on to something… Presented by Marnie Chesterton. Produced by Graihagh Jackson for BBC World Service.
(Photo: Arrangement of Nebula, Stars and a colourful galaxy. Credit: Getty Images)
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Are deaths from heart disease on the rise?
This week the British Heart Foundation had us all stopping mid-biscuit with the news that the number of under 75s dying from cardiovascular disease is going up for the first time in half a century. It sounds like bad news ? but is it?
Does Huawei contribute ?1.7billion to the UK economy?
People were sceptical that the Chinese telecom company could contribute such a large amount to the UK economy. We take a deeper look at the number and discuss whether it is reasonable to include such a broad range of activities connected to the company to reach that figure.
Deaths from organised crime
The National Crime Agency (NCA) said this week that organised crime kills more people in the UK than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. But what does the evidence say? The NCA also said that there are 181,000 offenders in the UK fueling serious and organised crime. That?s more than twice the strength of the British Army. We try to find out where those figures came from.
The absence of women?s lives in data
Do government and economic statistics capture the lives of women fairly? If not, does it matter? How could things be changed? Tim Harford speaks to Caroline Criado-Perez about her new book ?Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men.?
Image: Human heart attack, illustration Credit: Science Photo Library
The news to know for Friday, May 17th, 2019!
Today, what to know about this weekend's severe weather, the latest person running for president, and a new 'adversity score' to get into college.
Plus: a flying taxi, a Taco Bell hotel, and a Game of Thrones petition.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Sources:
Weekend Weather: Accuweather, Weather Channel, USA Today
Pelosi on Impeachment: CNN, NYT
NYC Mayor for President: AP, Washington Post
Abortion Bans: CBS News, TIME, NYT
SAT “Adversity Score”: NYT, WSJ
PGA Latest: CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, USA Today
Air Taxi: Engadget, Wired, CNN, UBER FLYING TAXIS
Taco Bell Hotel: USA Today, CNBC
Alabama Republicans pass the most extreme abortion ban in history, John Bolton tries to start a war with Iran, and Montana Governor Steve Bullock and New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio round out the 23-candidate field for the Democratic nomination. Then New York Attorney General Letitia James joins Tommy, Jon, Jon, Dan, and Akilah Hughes on stage at Kings Theater in Brooklyn.
Audio note: At 13:01, Jon Favreau's microphone temporarily cuts out in the discussion about the Alabama abortion law. For clarity, here is his question to Akilah: "What can people do in the meantime starting now to protect access to abortion and to fight back?"