Carlo Ratti of MIT designed this "supermarket of the future" exhibit. If you move a hand close to a product, a digital display lights up, providing information on origin, nutritional value and carbon footprint. Courtesy of COOP Italia hide caption
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Why did a deliberately bad study showing the weight-loss benefits of chocolate get picked up by many news outlets? Science journalist John Bohannon — the man behind the study — says reporting on junk nutrition studies happens all the time. iStockphoto hide caption
Trickster Journalist Explains Why He Duped The Media On Chocolate Study
Chef James Rigato created his Cajun chicken pizza when he was just a teenager. Jacob Lewkow hide caption
Dan Byers, an elite-cattle breeder, checks the heartbeat on a newborn calf, born from an embryo implanted in a surrogate heifer. Because the calf was delivered via C-section, he sprinkles sweet molasses powder on her to prompt the surrogate mother cow to lick her clean. Abby Wendle/Harvest Public Media hide caption
Fish for sale in the fish market in Fraserburgh, Scotland. Ari Shapiro/NPR hide caption
Cod Comeback: How The North Sea Fishery Bounced Back From The Brink
Shiitake logs last between four to six years and give farmers several spawns of mushroom each year. Keith Weller/USDA hide caption
Eating a chocolate bar daily can help you lose weight? Sorry, that study was a sweet lie — part of an elaborate hoax to school the news media about proper nutrition science journalism. iStockphoto hide caption
Matt Schnarr bites into a mealworm lollipop at the Pestaurant event in Washington, D.C., in 2014. Maggie Starbard/NPR hide caption
Chefs Yotam Ottolenghi (left) and Sami Tamimi pose for the photographer at their company's bakery in London, December 2012. Lefteris Pitarakis/AP hide caption
Carrot pullers from Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas and Mexico. "We come from all states and we can't make a dollar in this field noways. [sic] Working from seven in the morning until twelve noon, we earn an average of thirty-five cents." California, February 1937 Dorothea Lange/Library of Congress hide caption
A range of Darjeeling tea at Goomtee Tea Estate in Darjeeling, India. Jeff Koehler for NPR hide caption
At the "Dinner in the Dark" restaurant that's just opened in Nairobi, a blind waiter leads guests to their table. The photo was taken during a training session — that's why the lights are on. Courtesy of is Eatout.co.ke hide caption
Blind Waiters Give Diners A Taste Of 'Dinner In The Dark' In Kenya
England's historic Ye Olde Fighting Cocks pub has been asked to change its name to celebrate "intelligent, sensitive chickens." Google Maps hide caption
In a village outside of Jenin, in the West Bank, Palestinian farmers harvest wheat early and burn the husks to yield the smoky, nutty grain known as freekeh. Daniella Cheslow for NPR hide caption