When people were asked whether they themselves are concerned about the environment nonwhites said yes more often than whites poor people were more environmentally concerned than the wealthy yet all the groups believe the opposite that white people and wealthier people care more about the environment the authors of the new study which is published in The Journal say this misperception could affect people s behavior if blacks and Latinos feel that their own social groups are not so concerned about the environment they may feel less free to act on their own beliefs Dan Charles n.p.r. News the October auto sales figures are due out for a few days yet but a number of analysts say they already are bracing for a potential slowdown in history consultants j.d. Power an automotive both saying they re looking for sales to slip slightly this month compared to a year ago when the need for replacements following Hurricanes Harvey and Irma boosted demand for cars I m Jack Speer n.p.r. News in Washin
You ve heard of a player piano How about a robot that plays the bagpipes from the Carnegie Library Music Hall in Pittsburgh I m Ira Flatow and this says Science Friday. Robotics and artificial intelligence are booming here in Pittsburgh if Syrian Alexa leave you cold feet virtual assistants who can build a rapport with you as a robot assistants can do more than give the whether or not every robot will look human or even talking like one me 2 people working to create robots we can understand and that understand us I will talk about robotic instruments that play themselves even to jazz improv and unveil a song composed by a computer what happens when Art needs intern E.-Ring and design after this. Live from n.p.r. News in Washington I m Lakshmi saying the u.s. Economy is still experiencing solid hiring in its latest monthly employment report the Labor Department says payrolls added $223000.00 jobs in the unemployment rate dipped to 3.8 percent in May economist says sectors across the bo
And it represents a challenge to the state that we don t usually see in Iran because the state is so good at being brutal and suppressing dissent on the other hand we don t want to reach too far in our church protégé sions when there may really only have been a few 1000 people in some of these demonstrations and when we don t really know the purpose or the goal of the protesters demonstrations are the largest seen in Iran since of disputed 2009 presidential election more than a dozen laws that address California s affordable housing crisis take effect in the New Year N.P.R. s Ina Jaffe reports the measures could raise billions of dollars for building and rehabilitating affordable units almost 70 percent of working poor Californians spend most of their paychecks just keeping a roof over their heads so a couple of the new laws are designed to create more affordable units by reducing the red tape that slows down approval of new development another law puts a fee of up to $225.00 on som
From n.p.r. News and Washington and Giles Snyder North Korean leader Kim Jong un is warning the u.s. That he has a nuclear button on his desk and you wouldn t know it requires from they don t undo in. The United States will never be able to start a war against him a country its own of America is within range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button know he s always on my desk and this is reality not a threat to you she this here we should focus on mass producing nuclear warheads and ballistic missiles and I m speaking in his customary New Year s Day address and her put it by the b.b.c. He went on to say that North Korea is a peace loving and responsible nuclear power and he offered an olive branch to rival South Korea suggesting the 2 sides hold talks to discuss the possibility of North Korea s participation in the Winter Olympic Games to be held next month I m John Chiang South Korea says it welcomes the offer Meanwhile N.P.R. s Rob Schmitz reports that South Korean authorities