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An expert guide to Val Thorens, ‘the world's best ski resort’







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Canyon Issue a Stop Use Notice for the Spectral:ON CF & CFR, and Torque:ON CF eMTBs



Customers are asked to do a mandatory battery check over safety concerns, and to reach out to Canyon if they are affected
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Interview: Team USA's XC Racers on the State of the Sport in the USA



2024 was a banner year for the cross-country riders on Team USA.
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Check Out: New Helmets, Knee Pads, Alloy Wheels, High Rise Bars, & More



A look at the latest gear to cross our desks.
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Bike Check: Tora Cycles' Prototype DH Hardtail



Complete with a Shiver and 26" wheels.
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Video: Best of Switzerland's Riding Scene in 'Chainz Out - A Piece of Swiss Cheese'



Showing off the best parts of the Swiss riding scene, both on small and on big bikes.
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Video: Back to Back Laps on a 2002 DH Bike & A Modern DH Bike at Mount Prevost



A lot has changed in 22 years.
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Tech Briefing: A 90mm Full Suspension Singlespeed, 135mm Cranks, Wheel Protection Kits & More



All the tech from the last <i>two</i> months.
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Who Are Pinkers? - Pinkbike's 2024 Community Survey



Kicking things off with a breakdown of the demographic of this year's community survey respondents.
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Movies For Your Monday - Vaea Verbeeck, Jeremy Menduni, Chloe Kim, &amp; More



Another great batch of movies for your Monday.
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Pinkbike's 2024 Community Survey: How Do Pinkbike Readers Spend Their Money?



Time to drill down into the cold, hard cash.
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Bike Check: Dangerholm's Scott Spark RC Visione



Another next-level build from Mr. Dangerholm.
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Pinkbike's 2024 Community Survey: What Bikes Do Pinkbike Readers Ride?



The most-desired bike brands, what travel Pinkbike readers expect their next bike will have, and whether you're sold on mullets.
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Bontrager Releases New Brevard &amp; Galbraith Tires



Fresh rubber for wet and slippery conditions.
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You didn't get sucked into a black hole. Now what?

Not everything that crosses a supermassive black hole’s accretion disc gets spaghettified, astrophysicists say.




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NOVA's top science education stories of 2021

High school scientists dazzled us with their innovations—while new studies revealed insights about math mastery and how we can prepare young people for real-world challenges.




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NOVA's top 5 science stories of 2021

Scientific advancements helped humans push through both the pandemic and the atmosphere this year, and a long-awaited visit from some underground insects set the country abuzz.




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Daily life on the International Space Station: A Q&A with a space archaeologist

Archaeologists are working to understand how astronauts really use their space on the ISS—and help improve space habitats of the future.




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How exercise may help prevent Alzheimer's

Exercise could be a powerful defense against Alzheimer’s disease. Three dementia researchers explain how it works.




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Why it's so hard to make salt water drinkable

Seawater might seem like an obvious solution to water scarcity, but it comes at a cost.




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Who was Ötzi the Iceman?

Meet Europe’s five-thousand-year-old murder victim.




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'Pedro Páramo' captures the disorientation of Juan Rulfo's timeless novel

Netflix's film is based on a 1955 novel about a man who goes in search of the father he’d never met — only to discover that his father is dead, and the village he inhabited is haunted by ghosts.




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Need a break from politics? Marvel at the 'Vanishing Treasures' of the natural world

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading for anyone whose wonder could use a jumpstart.




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How the 1874 Freedman's Bank collapse connects to economic disparities we see today

In Savings and Trust, historian Justene Hill Edwards tells the story of the Freedman's Bank. Created for formerly enslaved people following the Civil War, its collapse cost depositors millions.




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As a 'Seasoned Professional,' Jenny Slate now finds strength in her sensitivity

The comic can pick up on the "micro bad mood" of whoever she's talking to. She writes about pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood in a new book of essays, Lifeform. Originally broadcast March 12, 2024.




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Fewer Black men are enrolling in HBCUs. Here's why and what's being done

The absolute number of Black men enrolled at Historically Black Colleges and Universities is the lowest it's been since 1976.




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Dear Life Kit: Is it a faux pas to create a 'happy graduation' registry for myself?

An NPR listener is graduating soon with her MBA. She wants to know if it's OK celebrate her achievement by asking loved ones to buy her gifts from a registry, similar to what people do for weddings.




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Inside this maximum security prison, a film festival proves 'a little bit healing'

The Sing Sing maximum security prison in New York held its first-ever film festival recently, with incarcerated men invited to judge the five entries.




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'Orbital' by Samantha Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize

Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her science fiction novel Orbital. The novel follows six international astronauts as they orbit the Earth for one day of their nine-month space mission.




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Hugh Grant shows his dark side in 'Heretic'

In Heretic, Hugh Grant plays the villain. He tells Morning Edition that actors are drawn to the bad guys "rather than the dreary, goody-two-shoes lead."




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'Juror #2' is a thorny legal thriller — and possibly Clint Eastwood's last film

Eastwood takes measured aim at the American justice system in a film that centers on a murder trial — and a juror who realizes he may be implicated in the crime.




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'Candyman' star Tony Todd dies at 69

The versatile actor had hundreds of screen credits to his name, including Platoon, The Rock and Final Destination.




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'Emilia Pérez' trans narco musical actress calls for 'living our own life'

The new film Emilia Pérez follows a Mexican cartel leader (Karla Sofía Gascón) who was assigned male at birth but transitions to become her true self as a woman.




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A Mexican drug lord comes out as a trans woman in the freewheeling 'Emilia Pérez'

This Spanish-language musical about a cartel boss who undergoes gender-affirming surgery won two big prizes at Cannes, including a shared best actress award for its four women leads.




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With "Wicked," director Jon M. Chu writes his own story

Wicked – the 20-year-old – smash hit on Broadway turns the story of the "Wizard of Oz" on its head.

Now, the story of Elfaba the Wicked Witch of the West, Glinda the Good Witch, and the Wizard himself is making the shift from stage to screen.

The director bringing the Broadway hit to screens across the country is Jon M. Chu, the director of the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians.

The movie version of Wicked is in many ways the culmination of Chu's own story as a person of color. Chu always wanted to be a filmmaker. Chu says his life experience and career lead him to tell the story of a person of color in a new way.

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Denzel Washington details a retirement path that includes a role in 'Black Panther 3'

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'Emilia Pérez' is Netflix's divisive musical about a trans cartel boss

Emilia Pérez is Netflix's new divisive musical about a Mexican cartel boss who disappears from the criminal underworld to create a new life as a woman. But when her love for her kids proves overpowering, she ingratiates herself back into their lives, posing as a distant relative. The movie stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Selena Gomez.




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'Sing and cry with him': Shlomo Artzi performs for evacuees of Kibbutz Be'eri


Artzi, with his vast experience performing for soldiers and civilians through Israel's wars, had said, "I've never seen pain like in this war."




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'A Real Pain' film presents the parallels of generational struggle


From the horror of the Holocaust to the struggles that the cousins face in the modern day, the movie is about the overall pains of life, film star Jennifer Grey iterated.




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'You're not marrying a Jew': Martha Stewart says her father slapped her after engagement


In the documentary, Martha Stewart opens up about her childhood and the complicated relationship she had with her father.




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Adding a twist to your Berlin experience: A hotel where Édith Piaf meets Oscar Wilde


If you are a traveler with an open mind towards avant-garde hospitality with innovative approaches and pushing boundaries of ideas and creativity, you are in for an adventure.




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'On October 8, American Jews woke up': New documentary 'October H8TE' explains what's at stake


Director Wendy Sachs attributes the steep rise in antisemitism to social media, from where so many young people get news that has no validation.




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Music from the battlefield: Ukrainian activist, music promoter graces Israel's international fest.


Zakharov tends to the sunny side of life, and he is a major mover and shaker on the Ukrainian cultural scene, with a definite accent on artistic vehicles that seek to cultivate a better world for all




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36th Israel Film Festival in Los Angeles celebrates the Jewish state's cinema


The festival’s opening-night gala will feature the West Coast Premiere of Tom Nesher’s Come Closer at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.




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Bringing hope to Gaza border communities: First cohort of Kolot's 'Restart' program graduates


This marks the launch of various ventures, including a festival project, a therapeutic space with therapy animals, and a holistic health program for women. 




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Gal Gadot to star in new thriller 'The Runner'


Gadot will play a lawyer whose son is kidnapped. Her character must run all over London, carrying out demands from a mysterious caller who has taken her child.