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October 2, 2011

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THE SALT Caffeinated Women May Be Fighting Depression With Every Cup A Harvard School of Public Health study of more than 50,000 nurses suggests the more caffeine they drank, the less likely they were to be diagnosed with depression. Researchers are calling for more study on why this might be.

	AUTHOR INTERVIEWS The 'Worm' That Could Bring Down The Internet As many as 12 million computers worldwide have been infected with a highly encrypted computer worm called Conficker. Writer Mark Bowden details how Conficker was discovered, how it works, and the ongoing programming battle to bring down Conficker in his book Worm: The First Digital World War.	Support comes from: Become an NPR sponsor

	THE SALT The Pawpaw: Foraging For America's Forgotten Fruit The pawpaw is a tropical-type fruit native to North America with a long and almost forgotten history. Thomas Jefferson once prized it, and now scientists are looking at whether the pawpaw can claim some health benefits, along with cachet. NPR's Tiny Desk Kitchen goes on the hunt for this tasty treat.

	KRULWICH WONDERS... Wanna Live Forever? Become A Noun Joseph Guillotin, Henry Shrapnel and Jules Leotard became immortal — by entering the English language. But when your entire life is reduced to a single definition, the results are sometimes upsetting.

	THE TWO-WAY A Moment Of Cute: A Photo Of Sleeping Baby Pandas As China embarks on its once-a-decade counting of pandas, we take the chance to revel in cuteness.

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