Foolish, fearful people have long said comparing apples and oranges couldn't be done. We revisit the episode where we proved them wrong, with help from our pal Win Rosenfeld. Photo: Flickr CC / thebusybrain
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Dan and Mark explore ideal chocolate chip cookie size, grip, chip structure, dunking and even grilling cookies. Dan tells the story of a long-running cookie mystery that ends in about eight visits to a bakery in two days, delicious chocolate chip cookies, and a stomach ache. Photo: Flickr CC / jarrodlombardo
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In this week's episode we consider the breading, dipping and bite technique of onion rings. Naturally, sculptor Isamu Noguchiis part of the conversation. Photo: Flickr CC / katerha
See the full gallery on Posterous NPR media correspondent David Folkenflik and his better half, NPR/Slate/ESPN reporter and producer Jesse Baker, join us a little more than one year after their wedding to share with us the piece of wedding cake they've had in the freezer since the big day. They also share the story of their own wedding, along with
NPR science correspondent and Radiolab co-host Robert Krulwich joins us for this landmark meeting of the minds. We cover scientific principles including force = mass x acceleration (as in "How do you construct a sandwich that will withstand the force of the bite, without having the mass of the sandwich accelerate out the back?") and the Pythagorean theorem as it