2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (786+ words) Putting together a school meal isn't easy. "It is a puzzle essentially," said Lori Nelson of the Chef Ann Foundation, a nonprofit that promotes scratch cooking in schools. "When you think about the guidelines, there's so many different pieces that…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (707+ words) A fire hydrant, a manhole cover, a dumpster. These are fixtures of the urban streetscape, but one artist, whose medium is flowers, has turned those ordinary objects into artistic installations of extraordinary beauty. NPR's Jennifer Vanasco met with Mr. Flower…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (317+ words) Before the captivity narrative about a Mexican woman abducted by the Apache in the mid-1800s; before the storyline about Geronimo's surrender; before the torrent of details about the life and peoples on the borderlands between present-day Mexico and the U. S. ; there's this…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (82+ words) Can otters be city dwellers? Are aliens real? Do we have to experience misery to understand happiness? On this episode, we investigate how strange bedfellows can lead to radical realizations. by" Manoush Zomorodi," James Delahoussaye," Sanaz Meshkinpour Avi Loeb speaks…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (458+ words) This year is the first time that more U. S. college students will learn entirely online compared to being fully in-person. And research shows most online programs cost as much or more than in-person. This story was produced in collaboration with'The Hechinger…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (434+ words) LOS ANGELES " A California appeals court on Monday overturned a sex abuse conviction against a former University of California, Los Angeles, gynecologist and ordered the case to be retried. A three-justice panel from California's 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled Dr....

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (72+ words) Sudden or severe cold temperature can cause trees to experience "frost crack." NPR's Scott Simon talks with Bill Mc Nee of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources about what happens and why. What is 'frost crack' and how does it…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (52+ words) On Tuesday, Wyoming's Supreme Court threw out two laws that aimed to ban most abortion procedures in the Cowboy state. Abortion remains legal in Wyoming after state's Supreme Court throws out bans On Tuesday, Wyoming's Supreme Court threw out two…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1110+ words) From Gulf States Newsroom Prairie Star Farm in Allamakee County, Iowa is home to 180 dairy cows. Owners Meghan and John Palmer say growing health care costs add to the financial pressures facing many farm families, including theirs. Meghan Palmer hide…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (34+ words) NPR These salamanders supercool themselves to handle the snow Blue spotted salamanders can supercool themselves so they can walk over ice and snow during their spring migrations....