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  • The Mercure Alameda Hotel in Quito, Ecuador, makes a hearty soup that regularly appears among the 12 winners of the city's annual <em>fanesca</em> competition.
    Ecuador's fanesca is a Lenten soup flavored with centuries of tradition
    This thick, creamy stew features 12 "grains" to represent the Twelve Apostles and cod to denote Jesus. It takes days and many hands to prepare, a meal befitting Ecuador's elaborate Lenten traditions.
  • NPR Newsroom Implements New Funding Guidelines
    Changes poke a hole in the firewall between the newsroom and the development office.
  • As more research suggests some degree of dietary cholesterol is harmless, if not healthy, the egg's reputation is slowly returning. Yet some experts worry the science is being misinterpreted and spun.
    Unscrambling The Nutrition Science On Eggs
    As more research suggests some degree of dietary cholesterol is harmless, if not healthy, the egg's reputation is slowly returning. Yet some experts worry the science is being misinterpreted and spun.
  • Protest, Support, Controversy Surround Atlantic Coast Pipeline
    The Atlantic Coast Pipeline is a proposed, 600 mile infrastructure project that, if completed, will transport natural gas from West Virginia shale fields…
  • A Microbe Hunter Plies Her Trade In Space
    Meet Kate Rubins, a virus-hunter turned astronaut. When she sequenced DNA in space for the first time, she opened the door to a new era in space biology.
  • Two Economists With Opposing Political Views On The Trump Budget
    NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to University of Maryland economist Peter Morici and the former economist for Vice President Biden, Jared Bernstein, about President Trump's budget proposal.
  • Chuck Berry on stage in London in 1965. Berry died March 18, 2017, at the age of 90.
    Bittersweet Little Rock And Roller
    Chuck Berry's life story includes serious mistreatment of women, but fully reckoning with his legacy means also acknowledging the women and girls who made his groundbreaking rock and roll possible.
  • Inside Brooklyn's New Barclays Center
    The Barclays Center, the new basketball arena built as part of a $4 billion development, sits at the intersection of sports, music and economic development. Questions remain on whether the new arena project delivered on its promise of helping to transform Brooklyn — and the Nets. NPR's Mike Pesca offers this midterm report, with the help of Frannie Kelley of NPR Music and Planet Money's Robert Smith.
  • The third floor of the Warner Brothers Prop House holds a host of antiques available for rent by set decorators working on television and films. Each of the building's four floors is as big as a football field.
    For Film Set Decorators, Tiny Details Count
    On a movie set, every piece of furniture, wall hanging or bit of desktop clutter that an actor doesn't touch is chosen by the film's set decorator. For her annual Oscar-season series on Hollywood jobs, NPR's Susan Stamberg follows a handful of these decorators from prep through "Action!"
  • Amateur Astronomers Spot A Jupiter Explosion
    Earlier this week, two amateur astronomers observing Jupiter reported a flash of light in the planet's atmosphere. Astronomer Tony Phillips, of spaceweather.com, describes what astronomers know about the explosion, and whether an asteroid or a comet might be to blame.
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