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A Quechua woman tends to her clay oven in her outdoor kitchen on the road to the Sillustani archaeological site in Puno, Peru. The stone table is laid with a collection of potatoes and other tubers, as well as homemade cheese and bread.

The Ancient Andean Tradition of Eating Clay May Have Helped To Protect Health

2:33pm November 28, 2017

by Megan Jula

Farmers in Peru's Andean highlands have been consuming clay for centuries. Scientists now think it may have allowed them to eat wild potatoes, which are rich in toxic chemicals.

SpotMini, a creation of Boston Dynamics.

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Does This Robot Freak You Out?

12:28pm November 28, 2017

by Adam Frank

Something like Atlas, Spot and Handle will likely inhabit the world we're now building — and their weirdness will be just commonplace, says astrophysicist Adam Frank.

Cambodians admire the Nov. 2016 supermoon, which was closer to earth than its 2017 counterpart - visible Dec. 3.

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Dance By The Light Of The 2017 Supermoon: The How And When

8:08pm November 27, 2017

by Rebecca Feldhaus Adams

The last and only visible such moon of 2017 will appear Dec. 3. The best time to see it is at sunset or the following morning at sunrise, when the moon is near the horizon.

Jared Haley, general manager of the C-Axis plant in Caguas, Puerto Rico, says computer-operated milling machines, like this one can cost more than a half million dollars. Heat and humidity in the plant after Hurricane Maria left many of the machines inope

Puerto Rico's Medical Manufacturers Worry Federal Tax Plan Could Kill Storm Recovery

5:25pm November 27, 2017

by Greg Allen

Drug companies and medical device makers in Puerto Rico are still struggling with power and staffing shortages. One device manufacturer says the future of his industry on the island is uncertain.

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Light therapy helps some people with seasonal affective disorder feel better. Now it's being tested as a treatment for bipolar disorder.

Light Therapy Might Help People With Bipolar Depression

5:19pm November 27, 2017

by Patti Neighmond

Light therapy can help treat depression that's part of seasonal affective disorder, but it hasn't worked so well for treating bipolar disorder. It may come down to when people are exposed to light.

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If you're regularly checking your phone at night in a dark room, you're probably tricking your body into thinking it's still daytime.

Apps Can Cut Blue Light From Devices, But Do They Help You Sleep?

12:13pm November 27, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Lots of phone and tablet apps promise to improve sleep by filtering out the blue light from device screens. But that won't help if the reason you're not getting enough shut-eye is caffeine or stress.

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Clouds of ashes rise from the Mount Agung volcano erupting in Karangasem, Indonesia, on Monday.

Indonesia Tries To Evacuate 100,000 People Away From Erupting Volcano On Bali

10:40am November 27, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Mount Agung began spewing ash last week, but over the weekend authorities raised the alert level for a possible larger eruption and expanded a danger zone around the base of the volcano.

This false-color image, Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8, shows the Atchafalaya Delta in Louisiana on Dec. 1, 2016. The colors emphasize the difference between land and water while allowing viewers to observe waterborne sediment, which is typica

Video: A View Of A Breathing Earth

9:48am November 27, 2017

by Marcelo Gleiser

In this visualization, based on data collected by scientists, we see Earth changing — its plants, surface winds, and sea currents responding to the energy coming from the sun, says Marcelo Gleiser.

The blue sky over the Mojave Desert, untouched by the path of Mike Hughes' rocket. He had planned to launch himself in his own rocket Saturday in Amboy, Calif., but the Bureau of Land Management put up a significant hurdle to that effort.

Flat-Earther Delays Launch In His Homemade Rocket, Saying 'It's Not Easy'

11:53am November 26, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

Mike Hughes had planned to launch himself Saturday over the Mojave Desert in a quest to prove the world is flat. But he didn't count on a federal agency's rejection — or a significant tech breakdown.

Chef Massimo Bottura creates a meal from Thanksgiving leftovers in NPR's kitchen. "The leftover is a big problem if you don't have a vision, if you don't have the knowledge of what you can do," he says. Above, he checks the breadcrumbs to make sure they'r

Less Waste, More Taste: A Master Chef Reimagines Thanksgiving Leftovers

7:22pm November 25, 2017

by Maria Godoy

Over this Thanksgiving week, Americans will toss almost 200 million pounds of turkey alone. Massimo Bottura helps us fight food waste by showing us how to turn leftovers into a world-class new meal.

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