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Each week Science Friday, hosted by Ira Flatow, focuses on science topics that are in the news and brings an educated, balanced discussion to bear on the scientific issues at hand.

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This is not Grandmom's baked macaroni and cheese. (<a href='http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-115815326/stock-photo-macaroni-with-cheese%2C-oven-baked'>Xilius</a>/Big Stock photo)
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Lifestyle

The death of mac and cheese

When I was growing up, my grandmother would always bring one dish to Christmas and Thanksgiving. Grandmom made the best baked macaroni an ...

10 years ago

(<a href='http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-152195636/stock-photo-portrait-turkeys-isolated-on-white-background%2C-studio-shot'>bazil8</a>/Big Stock Photo)
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Lifestyle

Change we can believe in — dreaming of Thanksgiving without the ‘big bird’

Why is it that on the holiday devoted to thankfulness we eat our least-favorite food? I’m not talking about the “sides” ...

10 years ago

Use one cutting board for vegetables and another for meat to avoid cross contamination
Science

Don’t serve up stomach bug along with holiday meal

Happy holidays. Tis the season for norovirus — a stomach ailment that can start with contaminated food. And nothing leaves a wor ...

10 years ago

a letter
Radio Times

Radio Times in Review: memoirist edition

Guests: William Giraldi, Richard Blanco, Bobby Rydell Coming up on today’s edition of Radio Times in Review, we ...

Air Date: November 18, 2016

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E. coli bacteria
Radio Times

Antibiotic resistance, then environmental education and sustainability

Guests: Maryn McKenna, Carole Williams-Green and Christine Knapp Bugs resistant to our arsenals of antibiotics ar ...

Air Date: November 17, 2016

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Sergei Shilin
The Pulse
Health

Russian cowboys learn to wrangle a brand new beef industry

On a beef ranch called Ledenevo, in the Bryansk region of Russia, about 300 miles southwest of Moscow, everything is brand new. The farm ...

10 years ago

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(WITTY/<a href='http://www.bigstockphoto.com/image-863451/stock-photo-hot-dog'>Big Stock Photo</a>)
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Put down that hot dog! It’s World Vegan Day

I should be a vegan. So should you. It’s better for your health, and better for the planet. And its kinder to animals too. So what’s ...

10 years ago

chocolate chip cookies
Radio Times

The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie

Guests: Peter Scarola and Rosemary Trout From crispy and crunchy, to chewy and soft, we’ll talk about the scien ...

Air Date: September 26, 2016

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Seeds on Ice
Radio Times

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault; the judge retirement age ballot question in Pa.

Guests: Cary Fowler, Daniel Craig On the frozen Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, near the North Pole, sits the ...

Air Date: September 22, 2016

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Lifestyle

Feeding the team: behind the line at Eagles’ headquarters [video]

For Eagles fans looking forward to this Sunday’s season opener, the focus will be on the players, the coaches, and the game. But what t ...

10 years ago

Radio Times

Starting a business from scratch: the joys and the headaches

Guests: Tayyib Smith, Siddiq Moore, Tiffany Spraggins Payne These days you don’t have to go to business school ...

Air Date: September 2, 2016

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The author recreates the 'authentic Chinese dinner' experience from almost 60 years ago. (Annabel Liu
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Lifestyle

When the chef is better off ordering Chinese take-out

When Mrs. Smithson asked me to cook them "an authentic Chinese dinner," I couldn't say no. How could I tell them that I was almost 23 but had never learned to boil water?

10 years ago

hospital food
Radio Times

Hospital food: Gross or…absolutely delicious?

Guests: Stuart Fine, Ryan Conklin, Stacia Clinton A congealed cup of mashed potatoes, a rubbery bologna sandwich ...

Air Date: August 22, 2016

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The concoctions inside these bottles are too potent to be gulped from a glass. (Joel Wolfram/for The Pulse)
The Pulse
Science

What’s really behind our love of spicy food?

At a stylish shop in Brooklyn, a different kind of ‘sommelier’ guides tastings from a row of small bottles lined up on the co ...

10 years ago

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Coffee house
Radio Times

Coffee Shop Culture

Guests: Markman Ellis, Myka Fox, Jaime Fountaine It seems there was a time in America when gas station coffee, or ...

Air Date: August 10, 2016

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