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3.29.15: A Malaria Vaccine's Funding Struggles, The Rise of Fan Fiction, & American Passage

Logan Shannon/ NHPR

Malaria threatens more that half the world’s people. Yet there is still no way to immunize against it. Today we will explore why a promising vaccine developed by an upstart in the biotech scene is not getting funded.

Then , once relegated to fanzines and the occasional bookstore, fan fiction is quickly becoming more accessible, more mainstream, and in some cases, more of a headache for authors who inspired the fans in the first place. We’ll find out why some authors are bucking against the trend.

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Malaria Vaccine Struggles to Find Funding

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Malaria Vaccine Struggles to Find Funding

Why We Need A Rotating Spacecraft To Get To Mars

  • Lee Billings, an editor who covers physics and space for Scientific American, talks about one possible solution to the problem of microgravity, and why it's going to take a lot more funding before we safely put a man on Mars. 
  • Read Scientific American's editorial on NASA's twin study here.

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Why We Need A Rotating Spacecraft To Get To Mars

The Rise of Fan Fiction

  • We’ll discuss the sometimes rocky relationship between authors and fan fiction with Laura Miller. Her essay “You Belong to Me” is in the latest issue of New York Magazine.
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The Rise of Fan Fiction

Romance, Intrigue and Senior Citizens

  • The advent of Ebooks has been a point of anxiety for book stores and public libraries alike. One public Library in Massachusetts found a way to make the world of Ebook work for them: By starting their own digital publishing imprint.  Radio producer Nancy Klingener brings us the story.
  • You can listen to this story again at PRX.org

American Passage

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American Passage

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