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Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels()
August 7, 2012 More than 75,000 of you voted for your favorite young-adult fiction. Now, after all the nominating, sorting and counting, the final results are in. Here are the 100 best teen novels, chosen by the NPR audience.
Krulwich Wonders...
Giant Crumpled Paper Drops From The Sky, Lands On Hill In New Zealand()
August 10, 2012 You are standing in a park in New Zealand. You look up at the top of a hill, and there, balanced on the ground, looking like it might catch a breeze and blow away, is a gigantic sculpture that looks like a wrinkled piece of paper.
Shots - Health News
Olympic Bodies: They Just Don't Make Them Like They Used To()
August 9, 2012 We've put together an infographic that explores how athletes' bodies have changed over the last century. Those physiques are shaped by years of training — and by the laws of physics.
Shots - Health News
An Anthropologist Walks Into A Bar And Asks, 'Why Is This Joke Funny?'()
August 6, 2012 Graduate student Robert Lynch is on a quest to deconstruct our built-in instinct for humor, and find out why making people laugh could be important to the way we've adapted to survive.
Religion
The Most Influential Evangelist You've Never Heard Of()
August 8, 2012 Texas evangelist David Barton is not a historian, but his Christian-nation view of American history is wildly popular with conservative churches, universities and the GOP. His supporters call him a hero; his detractors say he's a danger.
Kitchen Window
Grown-Up Ice Pops For The Young At Heart()
August 8, 2012 Many trendy desserts these days mimic childhood favorites — think upscale cupcakes, candy bars and whoopie pies. Here's another: frozen pops, remade for adults, with boozy fruit and adventurous flavors.
Shots - Health News
Energy-Efficient Lightbulbs May Have Dark Side When It Comes To Health()
August 8, 2012 Scientists have learned that compact fluorescent light bulbs could give off ultraviolet radiation if their inner coating cracks. Light-emitting diodes, another eco-friendly lighting option, won't give you a sunburn, but they do have the potential for other mild health effects.
Deceptive Cadence
You Are What You Hear: What Your Favorite Music Says About You()
August 9, 2012 More than ever, music matters to us. But why do we like what we like? "Six Songs of Me," a new project launched by a British publication, may ultimately provide some answers.
The Torch
Rogue Condoms Appear In Olympic Village; Organizers Take Action()
August 8, 2012 It should come as no surprise that Olympics organizers take brand endorsements and official suppliers very seriously. And that extends beyond logos on shorts and shoes — up to, and including, condoms. That's right, the Olympics has an "official" condom — and organizers want to know how a bucket of rogue condoms reached the Olympic Village.
Books
Top 100 Teen Books()
August 7, 2012 More than 75,000 ballots were cast in our annual summer readers' poll. Here's a printable list of the top 100 winners.
