Ari Daniel

Ali Mokdad is co-author of the report published in The Lancet.

There is no more taboo about smoking.

Everybody smokes.

Kids smoke in front of their parents.

One key lawmaker believes any kind of government response will take time.

But Mokdad says Lebanon must act

now to support people's health.

For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel, Beirut, Lebanon.

The researchers in southern Mongolia spotted something in the rock face that looked like a perfectly polished jewel.

It was a skull belonging to a new species of the oldest known Pachycephalosaur, a dinosaur with a domed head made of solid bone.

This specimen was at least two years old when it died, revealing young animals already had fully developed domes.

North Carolina State University paleontologist Lindsay Zanno says the discovery fills a crucial gap in the evolution of these dinos.

For NPR News, I'm Ari Daniel.

You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. Hey, Shore Wavers, Regina Barber here. And today I'm joined by reporter Ari Daniel, who's going to talk to us about snakes. Hey, Ari.

You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. Hey, Shore Wavers, Regina Barber here. And today I'm joined by reporter Ari Daniel, who's going to talk to us about snakes. Hey, Ari.

You're listening to Shortwave from NPR. Hey, Shore Wavers, Regina Barber here. And today I'm joined by reporter Ari Daniel, who's going to talk to us about snakes. Hey, Ari.

That is awful.

That is awful.

That is awful.

Okay, this is not helping my fear of snakes.