A typical label includes safe cooking instructions. This label on blade-tenderized beef sold at Costco recommends 160 degrees as the minimum internal temperature, which doesn't require a three-minute rest time. Lydia Zuraw/KHN for NPR hide caption
Janine Benyus at TEDGlobal in 2009. James Duncan Davidson/TED hide caption
What Can Today's Designers Learn From Nature?
Every bit of steel in the car you drive has been measured as to its capability to withstand certain forces — pushing and pulling. Machines like this do the measuring. Jennifer Lauren Lee/NIST PML hide caption
How Do You Lift A Million Pounds Of Stainless Steel? Very Carefully
Rising Tides Force Thousands To Leave Islands Of Eastern India
The FDA is is expected to decide by May 27 whether a long-acting, implantable version of this anti-addiction drug, buprinorphine, will be available in the United States. The implant is more convenient, proponents say, and less likely to be abused. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
FDA Considering Pricey Implant As Treatment For Opioid Addiction
The cracked-dry bed of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, Calif., in 2014. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption
9-Year-Old Helps Shape Obama Administration's Approach To Science
A fly-size robot perches on a leaf. Carla Schaffer/AAAS hide caption
Yawwwwn. Where's my bed? John Tann/Flickr hide caption
Brad Duerstock demonstrates the RoboDesk. Courtesy of Purdue Research Foundation/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
In Search For Cures, Scientists Create Embryos That Are Both Animal And Human
Guy Davies, an inspector of the Florida Division of Plant Industry, shows an orange that is showing signs of "citrus greening." The disease is caused by a bacterium carried by the Asian citrus psyllid. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
Gerald Franklin, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, is now lead developer for a website that matches workers with prospective employers. Job-related videos, he says, can help people with special needs showcase their talent. Courtesy of Gerald Franklin hide caption
Autism Can Be An Asset In The Workplace, Employers And Workers Find
Debendra Tarek, 80, inspects a handful of salt-resistant rice in his home on the tidal island of Ghoramara, which is shrinking quickly because of climate change. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Debnath Mondal was attacked by a tiger in 2010. He continues to work as a guard in the national park in the Sundarbans. David Gilkey/NPR hide caption
Experts Fear Climate Change Will Lead To More Tiger Attacks In The Sundarbans
Teenage boys and men are more likely to use urban parks, a study finds, probably because the facilities cater to their interests. Barry Winiker/Getty Images hide caption
Worker Javier Alcantar tends to crops at the Monsanto Co. test field in Woodland, Calif., in 2012. Noah Berger/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
GMOs Are Safe, But Don't Always Deliver On Promises, Top Scientists Say
Texas Oil Company Faces Criminal Charges Over Southern California Spill