Health & Safety

Health & Safety

Listen in on a conversation with author and chef Edna Lewis

5:18am December 25, 2024

The Kitchen Sisters -- producers Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva -- came across a 1983 conversation they had with Edna Lewis, a legendary American chef and a pioneer of Southern cooking.

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Forget what you think you know about fruitcake

4:48am December 25, 2024

by Neda Ulaby

Americans making fun of fruitcake is a holiday tradition. But a Canadian pastry chef and master food preserver would like us to reconsider our assumptions. (Story aired on ATC on Dec. 23, 2024.)

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A roundup of what happened in space in 2024

4:42am December 25, 2024

by Asma Khalid

It's been yet another exciting and eventful year in space -- from minor malfunctions to eclipses.

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An Indian movie, loved abroad, is snubbed at home for Oscar submission

7:36am December 24, 2024

All We Imagine as Light explores the lives of working-class women in Mumbai and won the Grand Prix at Cannes. But it was deemed not Indian enough to submit to the Oscars.

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This mashed potatoes recipe breaks all the rules for a tasty twist on the holiday dish

6:00am December 24, 2024

by A Martínez

A mashed potatoes recipe that breaks all the rules and perks up your holiday meal

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Foreign-born scientists may find it harder to work in U.S. during Trump's 2nd term

5:04am December 24, 2024

by Asma Khalid

H-1B visas, the kind many foreign scientists need to work in the U.S. became harder to get in the first Trump Administration. That's likely to happen again.

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3 new species that were discovered in 2024

5:02am December 24, 2024

by Asma Khalid

Each year, scientists add thousands of new plant and animal species to the scientific record. We learn about three that were added to the list.

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2023 was extremely hot. Then came 2024

5:00am December 24, 2024

It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

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Football stadium-sized balloons launch in Antarctica for science experiments

5:27pm December 23, 2024

by Ailsa Chang

Scientists with NASA are launching enormous balloons, the size of a football stadium, from the Antarctic ice. They're carrying experiments on dark matter and other mysteries.

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Forget what you think you know about fruitcake

12:00pm December 23, 2024

For generations of Americans, making fun of fruitcake has been a holiday tradition. But a Canadian pastry chef and master food preserver would like us to reconsider our assumptions.

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