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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 have a ... 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

Real America

Utah? Changing, but still heavily influenced by a single religious sect, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The wide-open Northern Plains? Any place where the lights of the next town are ... 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