A 92-Year-Old Ran Her 16th Marathon And Broke A Record
When Harriette Thompson signed up for her first marathon, she planned to walk. But when everyone else started running, she figured she might as well run, too.
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Vanilla, Nutmeg Spice And Everything Nice On A Zanzibar Farm
Three spices that grow on the island of Zanzibar are so common they might be flavoring your morning cup of coffee. But vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg have very different origins.
Fuhgeddaboudit: New York Accent On Its Way Out, Linguists Say
New York City is home to more than 700 languages, including distinct "New Yorker" accents. A new exhibit examines how changes in the city's population are contributing to their decline.
Koreans Have An Insatiable Appetite For Watching Strangers Binge Eat
What's behind the curious food fad of mukbang, or live-streamed broadcasts of people eating endless amounts of food? The genre is so popular in South Korea that its stars pull in $10,000 a month.
A Manifesto On Diversity In Public Media
The host of the award-winning programs State of the Re:Union and Reveal shares his ideas about making public radio sound more like America.
Trickster Journalist Explains Why He Duped The Media On Chocolate Study
John Bohannon, the man behind a stunt that bamboozled many news organizations into publishing junk science on dieting, talks to NPR's Robert Siegel about why he carried out the scheme.
There Are 200 Million Fewer Hungry People Than 25 Years Ago
That's the good news. The bad news is that there are still 795 million people who don't get enough to eat — and enough nutrients in their food.
Breath-Holding In The Pool Can Spark Sudden Blackouts And Death
When you hold your breath underwater, you might pass out before you realize you need oxygen right now. Experienced swimmers have drowned as a result, and most people aren't aware of the risk.
Seeing What Isn't There: Inside Alzheimer's Hallucinations
Sometimes Greg O'Brien gets a tingling in the back of his brain that tells him a hallucination is coming. Lions. Spiders. Birds. Sometimes the creatures are friendly. Too often, they're not.
Does Your Neighborhood Doom You To An Early Death?
People living just a few miles from each other in American cities can have radically different chances of living a long healthy life.