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  • In Graeme Simsion's The Rosie Effect, a new husband prepares for fatherhood the only way he knows how: research. It debuts at No. 6.
  • Elizabeth Kolbert discusses five mass extinctions and the coming of a sixth in The Sixth Extinction, which appears at No. 6.
  • Business writer Charles Duhigg explores the science behind why we do what we do in The Power of Habit. It appears at No. 6.
  • Debuting at No. 6, Lauren Groff's Fates and Furies uses a split narrative to tell the story of a long marriage.
  • Our mystery guest and her husband own an unusual business in a 6,000 square foot facility. Ophira and Jonathan ask yes or no questions to figure out what it could be.
  • - The astronauts aboard the space shuttle Discovery will be performing an unscheduled space walk to work on the Hubble Space Telescope. Pat Duggins from member statiobn WMFE reports that seven years in orbit has left wear and tear on the 1.6 billion dollar observatory, including rips in its silvery metal skin.
  • Noah talks to Michael Glennon, Professor of Law at the University of California in Davis about the deadlines recounting presidential election ballots in Florida. Glennon says December 18th is the final deadline, not the 12th, or January 5th or 6th, as some other experts contend.
  • Harryhausen's trademark Dynamation method made possible a whole genre of science fiction and fantasy filmmaking. His films include The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans. (Rebroadcast from Jan. 6, 2003.)
  • The unemployment rate remains at 3.6%, its lowest level in more than two years.
  • With warmer than average Atlantic Ocean temperatures and an ongoing La Niña, 6 to 10 named hurricanes have been predicted.
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