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The bistro imagines the day when will be possible to culture "meat thread" made from long strands of muscle tissue. On a "special knitting machine," meat is thread into a steak.

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Bistro In Vitro: A Virtual Playground To Ponder The Future Of Meat

1:59pm May 15, 2015

by Tove Danovich

Dutch artist Koert van Mensvoort has created a virtual restaurant to help us imagine a future when alluring beef, poultry and fish dishes can be concocted with in vitro techniques.

In a study in Lesotho, the prospect of earning a cash prize in a lottery motivated young people to practice safe sex.

What Might Make Young People Practice Safe Sex? Lottery Tickets!

9:20pm May 14, 2015

by Shankar Vedantam

Researchers working in Lesotho found that offering lottery tickets to volunteers who test negative for sexually transmitted infections is a powerful motivator for safe sex.

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Seasons May Tweak Genes That Trigger Some Chronic Diseases

3:26pm May 14, 2015

by Rob Stein

Genes linked to inflammation are more active in winter, a study hints. That might partly explain why some diseases, including Type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis, are more likely to start then.

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The lowly zebra fish can make its own sunscreen.

Why Would A Fish Make Its Own Sunscreen?

3:25pm May 14, 2015

by Scott Hensley

Research suggests that genes that make a natural sunscreen jumped from algae to an ancestor of vertebrates hundreds of millions of years ago. Some animals kept the ability. Others didn't.

Smokers More Likely To Quit If Their Own Cash Is On The Line

3:25pm May 14, 2015

by Richard Harris

A carrot isn't enough — bring on the stick. A study finds smokers are more likely to quit tobacco if they lose some of their own money after a relapse, than if they get a bonus for quitting the habit.

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Margie Lachman says Abraham Maslow's research had a big influence on modern psychology.

How Did Abraham Maslow Change Psychology?

9:14am May 14, 2015

by NPR/TED Staff

Brandeis Psychology professor Margie Lachman works in the same office where Abraham Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs. She describes his lasting influence on psychology.

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California Builders Prepare For Future Water Needs As Population Grows

6:56pm May 13, 2015

by Molly Peterson

Under the growing burden of drought, California is struggling to supply enough water to all of the people currently living there. The state is also working on ways to ensure water for millions more residents expected to live there in the future.

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Santa Fe Cuts Water Consumption By Imposing Tiered Pricing Model

6:56pm May 13, 2015

NPR's Melissa Block interviews Santa Fe, N.M., Mayor Javier Gonzales about how the city managed to cut water usage by one-fifth while its population grew by 10 percent.

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The skull of a chicken embryo (left) has a recognizable beak. But when scientists block the expression of two particular genes, the embryo develops a rounded "snout" (center) that looks something like an alligator's skull (right).

How Bird Beaks Got Their Start As Dinosaur Snouts

12:01pm May 13, 2015

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

Hoping to help trace the history of how velociraptors evolved into birds, researchers at Harvard and Yale may have tracked a key beak transformation to two genes.

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Chef, cookbook author and owner of Washington, D.C.'s Restaurant Nora, Nora Pouillon, in the restaurant's garden.

In 'Organic Life,' The Making Of America's First Certified Organic Restaurant

12:56pm May 12, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Nora Pouillon writes about her lifelong devotion to food in a new memoir, My Organic Life. Her restaurant has been a fixture in the Washington, D.C., food scene since 1979.

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