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When it comes to dieting, where there's a will there may not be a way. Neuroscientists now say that will power isn't as powerful as we like to hope. Tell us: what would you like to qu... (article)
Headlines; U.S. relations with China (article)
'Chimerica' the Beautiful (episode)
Our guest, Niall Ferguson, once coined the term "Chimerica" to describe the American-Chinese relationship. What did he mean, and where does he think this weeks' talks between U.S. and...
President Barack Obama welcomed 150 Chinese officials in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Throughout the week the U.S. and China will discuss the global economy, trade, and the environment...
Economists offer an academic view of the economy—they know the numbers, the rates, and the interest. But if you want to know the reality behind those numbers and find out what's happ...
A new study, whose findings will be released later today, says that driving while texting makes you 23 times more likely to get into an accident. This morning we're joined by Dr. Rich...
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Southern Iraq this morning. He was in Israel and then Jordan yesterday. How much power does he have inside the administration, and how d...
Today in The Takeaway's Science segment, we talk about neuroscience. A handful of new studies suggest that in matters of weight loss, will power could lose out to brainpower. The brai...
Over the last two weeks, good economic news has been rolling in: there were big quarterly profit reports from banks and Ford and the Dow is trading over 9,000. Is the recession over? ...
A new study hints that losing a significant other has effects that last well after the Kleenex box has been emptied and thrown away. Linda Waite co-authored a new study on health and ...
The talks between the U.S. and China this week include climate change, clean energy, nuclear nonproliferation, and humanitarian crises. And the overwhelming challenge: economics and t...
In the continuing uproar over the arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr., one of the nation's preeminent African American scholars, Cambridge police released audio of the 911 call reporting...
Dealing with Iran will be the top priority for U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates as he meets with Israeli leaders today in Jerusalem. Gates is part of a steady stream of high profil...
Viral marketing campaigns have changed the way the entertainment industry lures audiences. For the TV show "True Blood," for instance, the ad campaign that generated buzz was an effor...
The Takeaway follows up on a story the show covered in February: the tale of hundreds of children and teenagers sentenced to juvenile detention centers in Pennsylvania. Local judges w...
President Obama, who has been pushing health care all week, takes his case for health care reform to senior citizens. In a “tele-town hall,” the president will take questions about h...
A dramatic rescue operation is underway in the Caribbean, where more than a hundred Haitian migrants have been rescued after their boat capsized off the Turks and Caicos Islands. The ...
The Afghan government now says it's arranged a truce with a group of Taliban in a district in northern Afghanistan in order to allow elections to go ahead on August 20 and to permit d...