Arts & Life

Arlo, an 11-year-old Apatosaurus, is swept away by a raging river in the Pixar film The Good Dinosaur

Arts

Rapid Learners: How Pixar Animators Created A Very Scary River

3:40pm November 25, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

What would a small dinosaur look like in Class V rapids? That's the question Pixar filmmakers had to answer for their film The Good Dinosaur. So they piled into a raft to figure it out for themselves.

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Physics professor Lisa Randall is the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University.

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Not My Job: Physics Professor Lisa Randall Gets Quizzed On Phys Ed

1:31pm November 25, 2015

Randall is a theoretical physicist and professor at Harvard. In 2007 she was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time. She's recently written a book called Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs.

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Arts

High Glamour Infuses A Forbidden Love Affair In 'Carol'

1:29pm November 25, 2015

by David Edelstein

Todd Haynes' new film chronicles a lesbian affair between a middle-aged married woman and a young store clerk. Critic David Edelstein says Carol captures the thrill of a once-forbidden subculture.

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America's Test Kitchen founder Chris Kimball offers advice for going "beyond the cranberry mold" this Thanksgiving.

Arts

Breaking The Cranberry Mold: New Ways To Savor This Seasonal Berry

12:02pm November 25, 2015

by NPR Staff

Cranberry sauce is a Thanksgiving tradition. But if you're ready for a fresh take on this staple, why not try cranberries in chutney or cake? America's Test Kitchen founder Chris Kimball offers ideas.

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Books
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'Tales From The Loop' Doesn't Forget The Robots (Or The Dinosaurs)

7:03am November 25, 2015

by Jason Sheehan

Illustrator Simon Stålenhag has put together a compilation of short stories to accompany his haunting, gorgeous paintings of an alternate Sweden full of aliens and strange technology. And dinosaurs.

Though it's considered a classic Midwestern dish, Green Bean Casserole was actually born in a Campbell's test kitchen in New Jersey 60 years ago. Love it or loathe it, the dish has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food.

Green Bean Casserole: The Thanksgiving Staple We Love — Or Loathe

8:11pm November 24, 2015

by Peggy Lowe

The classic Midwestern casserole, which turns 60 this year, has come to mean more than just a mashup of processed food. Even those who grew up with it but can't abide it admit: It tastes like home.

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Arts

Kentucky Boy Solves Rubik's Cube In Record Time

6:56pm November 24, 2015

A 14-year-old boy from Lexington, Ky., has solved a Rubik's Cube in less than five seconds. As Guinness World Records declares this a record-breaker, we hear how NPR covered a Rubik's Cube competition in 1981.

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Books
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Philosopher At Play: The Twisty Epiphanies Of 'Memory Theater'

4:28pm November 24, 2015

by Colin Dwyer

Simon Critchley, a British philosopher, has penned an offbeat essay — or is it an autobiographical novel? A memoir thick with fictions? Whatever it is, Memory Theater makes for a delightful read.

First-time Turkish director Deniz Gamze Ergüven tells the story of five sisters from a contemporary Turkish village in Mustang. (From left) Tugba Sunguroglu, Doga Zeynep Doguslu, Elit Iscan, Ilayda Akdogan and Güneş Şensoy.

Arts

'Mustang' Takes On Women's Rights In Fairy Tale Form

7:03pm November 23, 2015

by Neda Ulaby

Five beautiful Turkish sisters are locked up together and forced, one by one, into marriage in the new film from director Deniz Gamze Ergüven. The movie has gotten rave reviews all over the world.

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Ernest Hemingway's 'A Moveable Feast' Hits French Bestseller List After Paris Attacks

6:55pm November 23, 2015

by Lauren Frayer

Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast has hit the French bestseller list a half century after its publication, all because of a French granny. A 77-year-old Paris woman who lives near the Bataclan concert hall gave a TV interview that went viral. In the interview, she calls on her countrymen to read Hemingway's novel of living it up in the "City of Light."

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