Apr 15th, 2005 · Runners in the upcoming Boston Marathon are getting revolutionary advice about staying in the race: don't drink too much water. A new study suggests that drinking too much water during exercise is potentially deadly. Noah Adams talks to Dr. Peter Moyer of Boston's Emergency Medical Services.
Feb 22nd, 2005 · In the months before his death in 1998, black revolutionary Stokely Carmichael was collaborating with writer Michael Thelwell on his autobiography, Ready for Revolution: The Life and Struggles of Stokely Carmichael. Since then, Thelwell has been working to reclaim Carmichael's history. But that's a difficult task, considering so many people view Carmichael as the man whose views led to the collapse of the civil rights movement. NPR's Roy Hurst reports.
Dec 31st, 2004 · Nanotechnology is the science of designing materials, atom by atom. It promises revolutionary applications for everything from the military to sports. NPR's David Kestenbaum investigates whether nanotech products already on the market are all they're cracked up to be.
Dec 13th, 2004 · In Mexico a well-known Latin American revolutionary is co-authoring a detective novel with a best-selling crime writer. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro reports.
Nov 18th, 2004 · NPR's Noah Adams speaks with NPR's Ira Flatow, host of Talk of the Nation Science Friday, about the successful flight of a NASA prototype "scramjet," an unmanned experimental aircraft with a revolutionary new air-breathing engine that achieved a speed of nearly 7,000 mph in a recent test mission over the Pacific Ocean.
Nov 10th, 2004 · Researchers have successfully used a technique that selectively shuts off genes to lower levels of LDL, or "bad" cholesterol, in mice. The findings, reported in the journal Nature, suggest that RNA interference may be a revolutionary development for medical science. NPR's Joe Palca reports.
Nov 4th, 2004 · Day to Day book critic David Kipen reviews Tom Wolfe's new novel I Am Charlotte Simmons -- and finds Wolfe's once-revolutionary writing style is showing its age.
Oct 23rd, 2004 · Lebanese oud virtuoso Marcel Khalife is known throughout the world as an artistic revolutionary and cultural icon -- except in the U.S. Khalife hopes to change that on his current American tour. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a profile.