Nov 27th, 2008 · Japanese zookeepers brought a male polar bear to spend time with a female polar bear. They often played together. But they didn't get along in the way that the zoo was hoping. Only later did the breeders notice a problem. Polar bears of both sexes have relatively long hair. Which is why it took the zoo several months to realize that the male polar bear is actually a female.
Nov 24th, 2008 · Dianne Mooney was a community volunteer eight years ago, when she started a program to help beauty industry workers spot signs of domestic abuse in their clients. Mooney speaks with Farai Chideya about the program, "Cut It Out." They are joined by Marcia Hamilton, a Los Angeles-based celebrity hair stylist.
Nov 19th, 2008 · The woolly mammoth is the first extinct mammal to have its DNA sequence deciphered. Scientists used hair that was found frozen in the Siberian permafrost, some for tens of thousands of years.
Nov 12th, 2008 · As markets around the world take record losses, ramifications of the financial crisis are being felt from board rooms to beauty salons. At a shop in the Washington suburb of Sliver Spring, Maryland, the chairs are empty and the stylists worried.
Nov 3rd, 2008 · Before the networks call the first states, there are a number of county results that may offer clues to the outcome. Some counties in Indiana and Missouri have been reliable bellwethers for years, while others in Colorado and North Carolina went for Bush by just a hair.
Oct 15th, 2008 · Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign, the Republican National Committee and others have accused ACORN of widespread voter fraud. It's the latest, and most bitter, battle in a long conflict between conservatives and the grassroots group.
Sep 10th, 2008 · For much of the 20th century, Russian (and Soviet) leaders with full heads of hair shared the country's top political spot with bald men. In fact, they very nearly went back and forth — something their American rivals did not come close to doing.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Were the 1980s the worst years for music? NPR listeners seem to think so, according the results of our poll. When asked to pick the best year for music, nearly everyone skipped the '80s entirely. On this edition of All Songs Considered, host Bob Boilen looks back at the decade of synth pop, hair metal, and hardcore with Stephen Thompson, editor of Song of the Day, Robin Hilton, All Songs Considered producer and host of Second Stage, and Carrie Brownstein, writer for the Monitor Mix blog.