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Outtake from a Devo show? Nope, It's an orgone accumulator. The device was touted as treatment for anemia, epilepsy and high blood pressure. In 1954, the FDA halted distribution of the devices.

'Downton Abbey' And The History Of Medical Quackery

In the British TV sensation, a servant's attempt to correct a debilitating limp with a dubious device ends in blood and disappointment. Despite tighter regulation over the years, quack devices remain a threat.

NC Sees Cotton Boom, Soybean Decline

By Michelle Blisshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/whqr/local-whqr-976714.mp307-08-11 – North Carolina farmers planted 760,000 acres of…

'You're Invisible, But I'll Eat You Anyway.' Secrets Of Snow-Diving Foxes

They leap into the air, adjust their tails, land headfirst in the snow, burrow down and hit a teeny moving target — buried 3 feet below. It's their lunch. How does a fox catch a mouse in winter? This is amazing.

El Ni?o and Frogs

"After two solid drought years that saw rain pools dry through our frog breeding seasons, 2010 is sure to be a bumper year for what must certainly be a…

Sports: No Contest This Wild Card Weekend

It's the opening day of the NFL wild card playoffs, but really, are any of those teams going to make a run at Green Bay or New England and their marquee quarterbacks? NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman joins host Scott Simon to talk about Wild Card Weekend and more.

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson at the presidential debate between Mitt Romney and President Obama, in Denver on Oct. 3. Adelson invested millions in an effort to help elect Romney — but only after bankrolling a superPAC for former House Speaker Newt Gingrich in his anti-Romney Republican primary battle.

Did SuperPAC Money Hurt Romney More Than It Helped?

Utlimately, the most important legacy of the first big-money campaign unleashed by the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling may have been allowing rich individuals to prop up Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum — prolonging the bitter GOP primary fight and perhaps crippling Mitt Romney's presidential bid.

The Belcea Quartet — violinists Corina Belcea (left) and Axel Schacher, cellist Antoine Lederlin and violist Krzysztof Chorzelski (far right) — plays two of Beethoven's late string quartets at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall, Nov. 7, 2012. It was the first concert back in the building after Hurricane Sandy forced Carnegie to close for several days.

Belcea Quartet Plays Beethoven At Carnegie Hall

In this concert at Carnegie's Zankel Hall, the group presents a pair of Beethoven's grand and enigmatic final quartets — works from the summit of a musical mountain.

Ohio Goes Blue, Disappoints Romney Supporters

Ohio was supposed to be the pivotal battleground state for both presidential candidates until it wasn't. The vote in Ohio was squeaky close. But still many would argue it didn't decide the election.

Fans were few and far-between (and possibly not awake) as the Orioles-Mariners game went on and on in Seattle.

18 Innings Are A Lot, But Orioles-Mariners Game Is No Record-Breaker

The teams played a long, long, time Tuesday (and Wednesday). But in 1920, a game lasted 26 innings — and ended in a tie.

President Obama makes a statement in the White House briefing room just a few hours after the bombings at the Boston Marathon on April 15.

How Obama's Response To Terrorism Has Shifted

While President Obama's time in office has not been defined by terrorist attacks, incidents like the one in Boston have been a regular, painful through line of his presidency. And the Obama administration has been on a steady learning curve when it comes to how to handle its public response.

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