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Rehman Tungekar

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Rehman Tungekar joined KBIA in September 2011. Previously, he has worked with WNYC’s Radiolab, Chicago Public Media’s Vocalo.org and WBEZ’s Eight Forty-Eight. A Chicago native, he started out his professional career in science, but soon traded in a microscope for a microphone and hasn’t looked back since. Rehman is a graduate of the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, where he focused on radio.

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Intersection
4:24 pm
Mon April 16, 2012

The arrival of early spring weather

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Global Journalist
6:48 pm
Thu April 12, 2012

Reporting on the conflict in Sudan

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Rebel fighters belonging to the Sudan People's Liberation Movement stand north of the new border in Blue Nile State.
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President Salva Kiir Mayadrit wipes sweat from his brow at a pre-independence press conference.
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More than a year has passed since South Sudan voted to secede from Sudan and become an independent country. But after months of escalating tension, the two Sudans are once again on the brink of an all-out war. 

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Under the Microscope
8:19 am
Thu April 12, 2012

Tracking an astronomical mystery

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The caiman/puma monster-shaped mound is one of two figures from the 4,000 year old preceramic site of El Paraíso, in the Chilca Valley. The other, a condor, is partly visible in the upper left. The arrow shows the mound’s alignment to the Milky Way.
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The El Paraíso condor lines up with this stone sculpted to resemble a condor head. Viewed from the entrance to a 4,000 year old temple at the site, the sun rises over this pillar during the equinox.
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Orcas hunted off the Peruvian coast 500 meters away until recently when industrial fishing removed their prey. This orca-shaped mound dated to approximately 5000 years ago.
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For centuries people have lived and worked in a part of coastal Peru spotted with oddly shaped hills.  Most knew that the mounds were man made, but were they significant?  

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Science, Health and Technology
5:34 pm
Wed April 11, 2012

Dairy the likely culprit behind E Coli outbreak

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Seven cases of E. coli have been reported in central Missouri, according to the State Department of Health and Senior services. Three of these cases are Boone County residents, with one patient requiring hospitalization. Columbia and Boone County Health Department spokesperson  Genalee Alexander said that all three residents had one thing in common:

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Intersection
5:30 pm
Mon April 9, 2012

The Missouri budget's revenue side

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Global Journalist
6:00 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

Reporting in Pakistan

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Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world to be a journalist.

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Science, Health and Technology
5:39 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

Preventing cancer: a conversation with Siteman Cancer Center's Graham Colditz

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An x-ray image of a chest. Both sides of the lungs are visible with a growth on the left side of the lung, which could possibly be lung cancer.
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More than half of cancer cases in the United States could be prevented.

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Under the Microscope
5:24 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

The risks of alcohol abuse

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This week, we’ll hear from one MU researcher about the risk factors for alcohol dependence, and hear about cancer prevention. 

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Science, Health and Technology
4:51 pm
Thu April 5, 2012

MU professor discusses symptoms of alcohol abuse

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April 5 is National Alcohol Screening Day.

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Intersection
6:21 pm
Mon April 2, 2012

Columbia municipal elections

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