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Photo: Flickr/Phillip BarronAn emerging school of thought among urban planners suggests that our decisions about infrastructure have a direct impact on our health. For example, Americans spend an average of 46 minutes a day commuting to and f
Photo: Flickr/TheDeliciousLifeThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: Former Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman discussed the tug-of-war between good nutrition and good farm policy.On the most recent Need to Know, we followed up on a Ne
Photo: Rochelle HartmanWe’ve been hearing for a decade about problems with voting machines nationwide — it’s an issue that Karr on Culture tackled in May and that we address on this week’s Need to Know. But progressive blogger Matthew Yglesias
This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: An NPR librarian considers all factsKee Malesky has spent more than 20 years answering questions for the talking heads at National Public Radio: How much junk is there in space? Which Congress had the
The student center at the University of California, San Diego. Photo: Flickr/V.A.P. PhotographyThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: What does it take to be the best university in the country — advantages or merit?Last month, Washington M
Flickr/LupineHorrorThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: Will steep cuts to arts funding leave British culture reeling — or help usher in a new age of creativity?Britain’s creative class has had it pretty good over the past few decades: g
This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: A look at “pop-up” restaurants, supper clubs, and other unusual ways of dining out in LondonThe economic slump hit the restaurant business hard: diners cut back, and investors practically stopped putti
Photo: Flickr/cláudia gabriela marques vieiraThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: An insider’s guide to the world’s largest collection of arts festival, which kicks off this week in Scotland’s capitalEdinburgh is a beautiful, if reserv
Referee Howard Webb of England, center, speaks with Spain's Sergio Ramos, left, and Netherlands' Robin van Persie, right, during the World Cup final soccer match. (Photo: AP Photo/Luca Bruno)This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: A
Model of London 2012 Olympic site. Photo: Flickr/RachelHThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: Will the 2012 Olympic Games improve life in London’s down-at-heel East End — or will the International Olympic Committee pocket the profits after
This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: How is the Internet changing the way politics work?Has the Internet made our country ungovernable? Need to Know’s culture correspondent Rick Karr talks to John Perry Barlow, co-founder of the Electroni
This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: Last month, the FDA declined to approve a drug called Flibanserin as a treatment for low female sex drive. Media coverage leading up to the decision focused on the potential for a “female Viagra,” but s
Photo: AP Photo/Elise AmendolaThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: The world’s most popular sport owes something to the U.S. — and Americans could stand to learn a thing or two about soccerThis year’s World Cup is proving to be a big h
This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: Pharmaceutical firms are hoping for a “female Viagra,” while critics say the proposed cures may be snake-oil.A small pharmaceutical firm hired filmmaker Liz Canner to help with tests of an experimental
This week on our Karr on Culture podcast: One of television’s best shows just wrapped up — but viewers in the U.S. had to resort to illegal means to watch it.Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt was a misogynist, a bully, fond of torture, and q
Photo: Flickr/John MortonThis week on our Karr on Culture podcast: Nearly 10 years after hanging chads and butterfly ballots decided the presidential election, the way we vote still hasn’t changed.Ten years ago, American voters learned about
Photo: GizmodoThree things you need to know about l’affaire iPhoneWhen the technology website Gizmodo paid $5,000 for a secret prototype of Apple’s next-generation iPhone, it attracted the interest of California prosecutors. But the authori
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