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A deli counter in a grocery store.

Yes, the number of food recalls has been rising. Here's what you need to know

Dec 9, 2024 A Gallup poll from this summer found Americans' confidence in the government to ensure a safe U.S. food supply had sunk to a record low.
International scientists, Alexander Werth, from left, professor Joy Reidenberg and Michael Denk study a male spade-toothed whale ahead of a dissection at Invermay Agricultural Centre, Mosgiel, near Dunedin, New Zealand, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024.

Scientists gather to decode puzzle of the world's rarest whale in 'extraordinary' New Zealand study

Dec 2, 2024 The creature, which washed up dead on a beach on New Zealand's South Island in July, is only the seventh specimen ever found.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration building is seen behind FDA logos at a bus stop on the agency's campus in Silver Spring, Md., on Aug. 2, 2018.

SunFed cucumbers and Costco eggs recalled due to potential salmonella contamination

Nov 30, 2024 Federal health officials say 68 people in 19 states were sickened by the cucumbers, and 18 of them needed to be hospitalized. There were no reported illnesses with the eggs.
For the first time, new home tests — available at pharmacies without a prescription — can test for both the flu and COVID simultaneously.

Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you

Nov 18, 2024 The FDA recently authorized the iHealth at-home test for the SARS-CoV2 virus and two strains of the flu virus.
Hopi R2D2, a life-size animatronic made to look like R2-D2 with Hopi pottery designs

Art exhibit combining Native life, 'Star Wars' heads to Tempe Center for the Arts in 2025

Nov 15, 2024 The exhibit, previously called "The Force is with Our People," has a whole new name and includes 19 artists from different tribes.
This graphic shows the difference in the appearance of the Moon’s size in its furthest and closest distances to Earth.

Stargazers can see the final supermoon of the year this weekend

Nov 14, 2024 If you miss this supermoon, you won't be able to see the next one until October 2025.
The new inductees into The National Toy Hall of Fame include My Little Pony, the card game Phase 10, and Transformers.

My Little Pony, Transformers, Phase 10 join the National Toy Hall of Fame

Nov 12, 2024 All three of this year's inductees were created in the 1980s.
A key in a door lock.

How to find lost objects: 6 techniques that really work

Nov 12, 2024 Finding missing items is an art and a science. The next time you misplace your house key, try these strategies to hunt it down.
Scientists used a gumball machine filled with toys to test how toddlers learned when they thought something was impossible or just improbable.

Impossible, you say? Try asking a toddler

Nov 7, 2024 Even toddlers can tell an event that is improbable from one that appears impossible.
Baby Haggis, a pygmy hippo, was born to parents Otto and Gloria at Edinburgh Zoo on Oct. 30.

Baby Haggis is the new Moo Deng

Nov 7, 2024 A pygmy hippo is born in Edinburgh.
Australia's Rachael Gunn, known as B-Girl Raygun, competes during the Round Robin Battle at the breaking competition at La Concorde Urban Park at the 2024 Summer Olympics on Aug. 9, in Paris. Her performance drew laughs and criticism and now Gunn is responding.

Australian breakdancer Raygun is retiring from the sport after her Olympics backlash

Nov 7, 2024 Her routine was made into memes and spoofed on late night television.
Voters cast their ballots at Robious Elementary School in Chesterfield County, Va.

See what Election Day 2024 looked like across the country

Nov 5, 2024 Some of NPR’s member station photographers spent the day documenting Americans casting their votes in what could be a historic election.
Voter organizers have had concern over “ballot fatigue,” meaning voters might not fill out the entire ballot because it is so long.

Maricopa County voters’ long ballot could lead to delays

Nov 5, 2024 In Maricopa County, voters have had to sift through a two-page, front and back ballot with a wide range of issues.

WATCH: Election 2024 PBS News special coverage – LIVE ASL

Nov 5, 2024 PBS News will offer live ASL for its election special coverage, thanks to interpreters from DPAN.tv
NASA astronauts Suni Williams, Butch Wilmore, Nick Hague and Don Pettit urged Americans to vote on Tuesday.

NASA astronauts cast their votes from space

Nov 5, 2024 "It doesn’t matter if you are sitting, standing, or floating - what matters is that you vote!"

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