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  • Around the world, people consume too much salt. A new study estimates 1.65 million deaths a year are attributable to sodium intake.
    Death By Salt? New Study Finds Too Much Sodium Is A Global Killer
    It's not just Americans who are oversalted. A new study reports that sodium takes a global toll, attributing 1.65 million deaths from cardiovascular disease to sodium consumption.
  • Surgeons at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis prepare to transplant a liver in 2010.
    Who Gets First Dibs On Transplanted Liver? Rules May Change
    Location, location, location too often trumps medical need, some doctors say. But another solution to making the distribution of scarce organs fairer worries some transplant surgeons and patients.
  • The NPR Ed Mailbag: The Participation Trophy
    Is it "killing our sense of competition" or "simply something to commemorate their time as part of a team"? Here are some of your many responses to our story on giving kids awards for participating.
  • Riot police stand guard as demonstrators protest the shooting death of teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Wednesday. The police have been an increasingly militarized presence as the protests continued this week.
    How People In Ferguson See The Police In Ferguson
    Some residents say that even before Ferguson police killed a teenager, they saw the police as a potential threat. Increasingly this week, they're seeing the police in military gear.
  • The Loneliest Number
    The loneliest number is one, of course! Every answer in this final round contains the letters "O-N-E" in consecutive order. Who will prove to be our ONE and only champion?
  • Spin-Offs
    Television spin-offs are often terrible, but we're giving them new life. In this game, TV series titles are mashed up with other titles, names, and phrases to create new shows.
  • Get some knowledge by the sea.
    Playlist: Big Ideas At The Beach
    Break out the beach chair and the sunglasses. We've got some great listens for your day at the beach.
  • The titles of James Ostrer's photographs are inspired by the European Union's codes for food additives, known as E numbers. Instead of just E numbers, Ostrer uses EF numbers, for "emotional fossil." This one is called EF 124.
    Beneath These Masks Is An Artist Conflicted By Junk Food
    James Ostrer slathered himself and a few friends with cream cheese and then piled candy, doughnuts and fries on top. As he photographed these human sculptures, he found a sort of catharsis.
  • Pakistani supporters of opposition politician Imran Khan wave party flags in Islamabad on Thursday, the country's Independence Day. In addition, thousands of protesters gathered in the city of Lahore to march on the capital. They say the country's election last year was marked by fraud.
    Pakistan's Mixed Message: Celebrations Amid A Security Lockdown
    The country's Independence Day was a study in contradictions. The effort to mark the occasion in the capital Islamabad kept bumping up against anxiety over protest marches against the government.
  • Two Tenors Inspired By A Saxophone Colossus
    Fresh Air critic Kevin Whitehead reviews two albums by Thelonious Monk jazz competition winners: Melissa Aldana and Joshua Redman.
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