Kepler Telescope Introduces Earth To A Very Distant Cousin
The spacecraft has detected the nearest thing to Earth yet discovered — a planet that's a bit bigger and squarely inside the "habitable zone" for life.
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The Ancient City Where People Decided To Eat Chickens
Chicken bones unearthed in Israel may mark a turning point in human cuisine: They could be the earliest evidence of people raising chickens for food, rather than cockfighting or use in ceremonies.
Eggs Go AWOL, And Bakers Scramble For High-Tech Substitutes
The national egg shortage is hitting bakers hard. Some are replacing eggs with highly engineered ingredients that promise to work just as well.
Women's Brains Appear More Vulnerable To Alzheimer's Than Men's
Researchers at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference say there's growing evidence that women are more likely than men of the same age to develop Alzheimer's disease.
Amid Stark Realities, How Do Climate Scientists 'Stay Positive?'
NPR's Melissa Block speaks with John H. Richardson about his recent Esquire piece, "When the End of Human Civilization Is Your Day Job."
'New Yorker' Article Sparks Upsurge In Earthquake Survival Kit Sales
After a frightening article a few weeks ago in The New Yorker magazine about a potentially devastating earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, there's been a run on survival supplies there. NPR talks to the maker of survival kits about his business.
2 Gene Studies Suggest First Migrants To Americas A Complex Mix
Scientists assume a wave of people from what's now Siberia crossed into North America via Alaska, maybe 23,000 years ago. Genetics support that, but may also suggest another wave from Australasia.
Why The Pig Is The Most Loved And Most Loathed Animal On The Plate
As long as pigs have existed, humans have weighed desire for their meat against disgust for how the animals lived and what they ate. Today we have fresh cause for worry about how pigs are living.
Alzheimer's Drugs In The Works Might Treat Other Diseases, Too
By targeting the process that creates toxic clumps of protein in brain cells, scientists hope to help not just Alzheimer's patients, but perhaps also people with Lewy body dementia and Parkinson's.
Marking 40 Years Since Apollo-Soyuz Mission And The First Handshake In Space
The joint U.S.-Soviet mission was a stepping stone to today's International Space Station.