Poop Train. You may not give a second thought (or backward glance) to what the toilet whisks away after you do your business.
But we got wondering -- where would we wind up if we thought of flushing as the start, and not the end, of a journey? In this short, we head out to trace the trail of sludge...from Manhattan, to wherever poop leads us. This all started back when we were working on our Guts show, and author Frederick Kaufman told us about getting sucked in to the mystery of what happens to poop in New York City. Robert and producer Pat Walters decided to take Fred's advice and pay a visit to the North River Wastewater Treatment Plant... which turned out to be just the beginning of a surprisingly far-ranging quest.
Reviving The Spirit And Schmaltz Of The Jewish Deli : The Salt. Hide caption Nick Wiseman, partner at DGS Delicatessen, inspects the kitchen as an employee prepares pastrami sandwiches for lunch in Washington, D.C.
Daniel M.N. Why we love to run. "Daddy, where are you going?
" my son asked me recently as I was lacing up my running shoes on a cold, wet Sunday morning. "Running," I said. "Why? " he asked. He's only three. The truth is, just before you run is the worst possible moment to try to explain to someone, or even to yourself, why you run. In A Grain Of Golden Rice, A World Of Controversy Over GMO Foods : The Salt.
Hide captionGenetically modified to be enriched with beta-carotene, golden rice grains (left) are a deep yellow.
At right, white rice grains. Isagani Serrano/International Rice Research Institute Genetically modified to be enriched with beta-carotene, golden rice grains (left) are a deep yellow. Farmer's Fight With Monsanto Reaches The Supreme Court : The Salt. Hide captionVernon Hugh Bowman lives outside the small town of Sandborn, Ind.
Dan Charles/NPR This week, the Supreme Court will take up a classic David-and-Goliath case. On one side, there's a 75-year-old farmer in Indiana named Vernon Hugh Bowman; on the other, the agribusiness giant Monsanto. The farmer is fighting the long reach of Monsanto's patents on seeds — but he's up against more than just Monsanto. The biotech and computer software industries are taking Monsanto's side. Lecture to Oxford Farming Conference, 3 January 2013. [Comments are now closed - it was getting impossible to manage them given the volume.]
Chinese translation… Italian translation… German translation… Spanish translation… French translation… Vietnamese translation (shortened)… Italian version (also shortened) Thai version and Slovak version. NEW – Portuguese translation. Mark Lynas, environmentalist who opposed GMOs, admits he was wrong. Photo by NIGEL TREBLIN/AFP/Getty Images If you fear genetically modified food, you may have Mark Lynas to thank.
Unavoidable bacon shortage: U.K.’s National Pig Association has everyone worried about the price of pork. Photo by iStockphoto.
It all began, strangely enough, with a press release from an obscure foreign trade association. The National Pig Association of the United Kingdom, you see, wants British customers to feel OK about the idea of paying a higher retail price for pork products. This Pork Loin Sandwich Starts With Happy Pigs. Food, Inc. In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA.
Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults. Money Replaces Willpower In Programs Promoting Weight Loss : Shots - Health News. Hide caption Peggy Renzi (middle) talks with her teammates Erika Hersey (left) and Erica Webster.
The three are part of a team of nurses in the Bowie Health Center emergency room in Bowie, Md., who are working together to lose weight. In Many Families, Exercise Is By Appointment Only : Shots - Health News. Hide captionHenry Condes, 7, practices shooting a basketball. His mother, Yvonne, spends most afternoons ferrying her two boys from one sporting activity to another. David Gilkey/NPR. Betting Better Fake Chicken Meat Will Be As Good As The Real Thing : The Salt. Hide captionEthan Brown, founder of Beyond Meat, holds a chicken raised on his family's farm.
He says childhood experience with farm animals was the inspiration for starting his company. Yuki Noguchi/NPR Ethan Brown, founder of Beyond Meat, holds a chicken raised on his family's farm. Doppelgängers.