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A Single Spine From This Cactus Can Lift a Half-Pound Slab of Pork

The spines of the jumping cholla cactus slide in with ease, but they’re grueling to extract. You can thank their barbs. ByKatherine J. Wu Tuesday, November 20, 2018 NOVA NextNOVA Next This unfortunate ... read more

Scientists study puncture performance of cactus spines

Repeated laboratory tests revealed that a single cholla spine will anchor in pork shoulder so tenaciously that it can lift a half-pound slab of meat. Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Cactus spines may ... read more

Scientists Stabbed Cactus Spines Into Meat to Study Evolution

... spine from the jumping cholla cactus even lifted a half-pound slab of pork off of the working surface, requiring the scientists to pull the meat off. Why does a spine need to be so spiny? Well, si... read more

Barbecue Basics with Grillmaster Steve Raichlen (Rebroadcast)

Meat master and television host Steven Raichlen joins Kojo to explore how to make the most of this year’s barbecue season — whether you like to flame up beef, pork, fish … or ... do in Columbia is tak... read more

HAPPY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL. XXX

T'was the show before Christmas... …and the ageing d.j. was akip in his pit. He was deep into a sleep induced by far too much munch at the works Christmas dinner the night before. Twice he’d already b... read more

Hugging the Left Coast

Even the sea lions, crowding onto rocky outcroppings off the scenic, private, but tourable (for a fee) “17-Mile Drive” can’t help but take it easy. The famous newspaper publisher and “yellow journalis... read more