No Need To Cut Back On Red Meat? Controversial New 'Guidelines' Lead To Outrage

No Need To Cut Back On Red Meat? Controversial New 'Guidelines' Lead To Outrage A prominent medical journal has published a new recommendation from a group of scientists concluding there's no need to cut back on red and processed meats. This contradicts current guidelines. Read More You received this message because you're subscribed to Breaking News Alerts emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

APOD - Orion Rising over Brazil

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2019 September 30

Orion Rising over Brazil
Image Credit & Copyright: Carlos Fairbairn

Explanation: Have you seen Orion lately? The next few months will be the best for seeing this familiar constellation as it rises continually earlier in the night. However, Orion's stars and nebulas won't look quite as colorful to the eye as they do in this fantastic camera image. In the featured image, Orion was captured by camera showing its full colors last month over a Brazilian copal tree from Brazil's Central-West Region. Here the cool red giant Betelgeuse takes on a strong orange hue as the brightest star on the far left. Otherwise, Orion's hot blue stars are numerous, with supergiant Rigel balancing Betelgeuse at the upper right, Bellatrix at the upper left, and Saiph at the lower right. Lined up in Orion's belt (bottom to top) are Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka all about 1,500 light-years away, born of the constellation's well studied interstellar clouds. And if a "star" toward the upper right Orion's sword looks reddish and fuzzy to you, it should. It's the stellar nursery known as the Great Nebula of Orion.

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Morning Edition, now on Alexa

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APOD - MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula

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2019 September 29

MyCn 18: The Engraved Hourglass Planetary Nebula
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble; Processing & License: Judy Schmidt

Explanation: Do you see the hourglass shape -- or does it see you? If you can picture it, the rings of MyCn 18 trace the outline of an hourglass -- although one with an unusual eye in its center. Either way, the sands of time are running out for the central star of this hourglass-shaped planetary nebula. With its nuclear fuel exhausted, this brief, spectacular, closing phase of a Sun-like star's life occurs as its outer layers are ejected - its core becoming a cooling, fading white dwarf. In 1995, astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to make a series of images of planetary nebulae, including the one featured here. Pictured, delicate rings of colorful glowing gas (nitrogen-red, hydrogen-green, and oxygen-blue) outline the tenuous walls of the hourglass. The unprecedented sharpness of the Hubble images has revealed surprising details of the nebula ejection process that are helping to resolve the outstanding mysteries of the complex shapes and symmetries of planetary nebulas like MyCn 18.

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Exercise for chronic pain relief

Plus: Tips to manage social anxiety

Eamon Queeney for NPR How Walking Can Help Manage Chronic Pain For people who live with chronic pain, exercise can seem daunting. Some fear it will make their pain worse. But in fact, researchers find the opposite is true: The right kind of exercise can help reduce pain. At the University of North Carolina, researchers are helping people with painful osteoarthritis in their joints start a walking habit. Movement helps mitigate the pain and damage of osteoarthritis by building up surrounding muscles to  stabilize the hurting joint and by lubricating the cartilage. Finally, exercise may also cause changes in the brain that can make a big difference in damping down pain. Read on for tips on getting started with a walking habit for managing pain. BONUS: Off-label use of an addiction medicine is helping some patients with pain.  Tara Moore/Getty Images Simple Ways To Overcome Social Anxiety We all have an inner critic, a negative voice in our head rehearsing our worst fears over and over. That voice can hold you back from making new friends, connecting with colleagues or sharing your brilliant ideas. It can even lead to loneliness or isolation. If you can turn down the volume on that voice, you might find that you can more easily open up and connect, says psychologist Steven Hayes. "You've got to rein in the dictator within you," he says. "You've got to put that voice on a leash." Read on for six simple tools that can help defang that inner dictator. Mark Makela/Getty Images Stressed Out By Politics? Here's How To Keep Caring And Keep Your Cool The political headlines have been relentless lately. Calls for impeaching the president. Debates over health care, immigration and gun control. Fights over who tweeted what. Discussions of these issues can quickly get heated and toxic. They can affect relationships and even your health, according recent research. 40% of respondents in a new survey said that politics caused them stress and 20% reported losing sleep, feeling fatigued or being depressed. It seems that Americans "are suffering some pretty negative consequences because of their attention to and engagement in politics," says political scientists Kevin Smith. Read on for advice on how to  stay engaged with our democracy, without letting it ruin your relationships, or health.  More of this week's health stories from NPR Overtraining is real: Too much exertion makes our brains tired. Angry mom to Congress: Stop using our kids as guinea pigs for vaping. Scientists are creating artificial DNA in the lab ... What could possibly go wrong? We hope you enjoyed these stories. Find more of NPR's health journalism on Shots and follow us on Twitter at @NPRHealth. Your Shots editor, Carmel Wroth   What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: shots@npr.org Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Goats & Soda, Daily News, Best of NPR and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Health emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

Dangerously Hot Oceans; Credit Card Gaming; Barbie Makeover

Plus, how the U.S. hacked ISIS.

By Suzette Lohmeyer Stories You May Have Missed Elaine Thompson/AP A new U.N. report says that oceans are getting hotter and higher, and that marine heat waves, a new phenomenon, are causing a cascade of changes in marine life. The report also notes that oceans are getting more acidic, which could lead to mass extinction of marine organisms, especially animals with shells, such as oysters and clams. Juul Labs will stop advertising e-cigarettes in the U.S., and it says that its CEO has stepped down as regulators examine hundreds of cases of people who are sick from what appears to be a vaping-related lung disease. One mom who testified before Congress compared the disease to a food poisoning outbreak, stating: "If this was romaine lettuce, the shelves would be empty." With more imports from China facing tariffs, some companies are trying to avoid the taxes by falsely labeling Chinese products as made elsewhere. One case traces to a dusty pencil factory in the Philippines. Who gets to be a “genius” this year? The MacArthur Foundation unveiled the winners of this year's MacArthur fellowships — recognizing 26 artists and scholars for their work. "They give us reason for hope," said the foundation’s president, "and they inspire us all to follow our own creative instincts." NPR Impeachment Coverage Evan Vucci/AP According to the Ukraine call whistleblower, "senior White House officials had intervened to lock down all records of the phone call," which the whistleblower says "underscored to me that White House officials understood the gravity of what had transpired in the call." On Thursday, the nation's top spy told lawmakers that he supports the whistleblower whose complaint (read it here ) sparked the Ukraine affair but said he struggled to deal with how to handle the case inside the Trump administration. Video Of The Week NPR What if aging wasn’t inevitable? Scientists have developed promising clock-turning treatments for mice. Could pills that mimic the benefits of exercise help humans? In this Future You video: the effort to stop the symptoms of growing old. This Week's Listens Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images “I Will Survive” saves marginalized people a spot on the dance floor. Recorded after a traumatic period in the singer's life, Gloria Gaynor's disco hit quickly found its true audience: LGBT communities, survivors of domestic violence and others pushed aside by society. Meet the credit card obsessives who travel the world by gaming the system. Points earned from credit card gamesmanship can open the door to extraordinary experiences for those with time and discipline (think world travel and low-cost appliances). But one survey found that nearly 60% of reward-card holders don't pay off their balances each month.  How the U.S. hacked ISIS. In 2016, the U.S. launched a classified military cyberattack against ISIS to bring down its media operation. NPR interviewed nearly a dozen people who lived it. Read Doll About It Becky Harlan/NPR Move over, Malibu Barbie, and make room for ecologist TreeTop Barbie. Determined to increase the number of women conducting canopy research, ecologist Nalini Nadkarni and her colleagues came up with the idea of TreeTop Barbie, a canopy researcher.  Picture Show Pick Lee-Ann Olwage A photographer documented how drag artists in townships put on their drag — drawing from traditional garb for both men and women rather than the sequins and feather boas of RuPaul’s Drag Race queens. In interviews, the “girls” (as they call themselves) talk about the stigma they face and the difficulty of obtaining health care. How We Work At NPR we want to be as transparent as possible about our decision-making and how we produce the journalism that reaches you online, over the air, in apps and on other platforms. Our mission and guiding principles are below. Have any questions about our work, our methods, or anything else about NPR? Email us at bestofnpr@npr.org and we'll respond to everything we can, and include some questions and answers in this email next week. Our Mission The mission of NPR, in partnership with its member stations, is to create a more informed public, one challenged and invigorated by a deeper understanding and appreciation of events, ideas, and culture within the United States and across the globe. To this end, NPR reports, produces, acquires and distributes news, information and other content that meet the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression. Our Guiding Principles NPR is at its core a news organization. Our news content, whether on the radio, on the Web, or in any other form, must attain the highest quality and strengthen our credibility. We take pride in our craft. Our journalism is as accurate, fair and complete as possible. Our journalists conduct their work with honesty and respect, and they strive to be both independent and impartial in their efforts. Our methods are transparent and we will be accountable for all we do. We hold those who serve and influence the public to a high standard when we report about their actions. We must ask no less of ourselves. Journalism is a daily process of painting an ever truer picture of the world. Every step of this process -- from reporting to editing to presenting information - may either strengthen or erode the public's trust in us. We work hard to be worthy of that trust and to protect it. These principles are intended to guide our journalism, both as it is performed and as it is perceived, to help us earn and keep the confidence of the public. The principles exist not only to answer questions, but more importantly, to raise them. By regularly discussing and debating how these principles apply to our work, we will produce journalism worthy of NPR's name and the public we serve. - By Christopher Dean Hopkins What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: bestofnpr@npr.org Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Daily News, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Best of NPR emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 Unsubscribe  |  Privacy Policy

APOD - An Analemma of the Sun

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2019 September 28

An Analemma of the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Gyorgy Soponyai

Explanation: This week the equinox found the Sun near the middle, but not at the crossing point, of an analemma in its annual trek through planet Earth's skies. In this scenic view, that graceful, figure-8-shaped curve was intentionally posed above the iconic Danube River and the capital city of Hungary. Looking south from Budapest's Margaret Bridge it combines digital frames taken at exactly the same time of day (11:44 CET) on dates between 2018 September 24 and 2019 September 15. That puts the metropolitan Pest on the left, regal Buda on the right, and the positions of the Sun on the solstice dates at the top and bottom of the analemma curve. December's near solstice Sun is just hidden behind a dramatic cloud bank.

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Inside NPR Music’s Reporting On Plácido Domingo And The Metropolitan Opera

Plus, Josh Ritter, Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires at the Tiny Desk.

By Marissa Lorusso and Lyndsey McKenna Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images About six weeks ago, the Associated Press first reported sexual misconduct allegations against one of opera's biggest and most enduring stars, Plácido Domingo. The number of accusers eventually grew to 20; they told the AP that the incidents took place as early as the 1980s and as recently as 2016-2017. Since those reports emerged, I was curious to know how New York's Metropolitan Opera might respond; after all, the Met is one of the world's leading opera companies, and other prominent American arts institutions immediately canceled scheduled performances with Domingo.The Spanish singer has had a very long and celebrated relationship with the Met — over 51 years, he's sung at the Met more than 700 times, and conducted there as well. He was scheduled to star in Verdi's Macbeth at the Met this week, in a supercharged pairing with another big star, soprano Anna Netrebko. (It's an opera about the quest for power, no matter the cost.) I got my answer when a number of Met performers and employees began contacting me to tell me how angry they were about working with Domingo in the wake of the 20 women's allegations. They also told me that at the Met, there was a "whisper network" about Domingo: women knew to avoid one-on-one situations with him. Several of those employees went on the record — though anonymously, for fear of retribution. We published that first story last Friday. Following that report, general manager of the Met, Peter Gelb, called a meeting for Saturday afternoon with the Met's chorus and orchestra. Gelb's comments seemed to stoke even more anger — and I received even more calls, texts and DMs. According to sources at that meeting, Gelb defended his decision to keep Domingo on the Met stage by saying that the 20 women's allegations were "not corroborated" to his satisfaction.  By late Tuesday afternoon, the tide had turned, and the Met told its workers that Domingo would not be performing in Macbeth — or, according to a statement from the singer — ever again at the Met. Domingo still has many vocal supporters, including fellow artists, but the past week has been an important marker of how the classical music and opera world is very publicly wrestling with these issues. Anastasia Tsioulcas Reporter, NPR Music New Music This week saw the release of a music video for “Moon Dreams,” from Miles Davis’ Birth of the Cool. The video is part of a series in which pre-MTV artists retroactively join the video age and brings Davis' late-life visual art into dialogue with a classic piece of his music. This week’s New Music Friday episode of All Songs Considered rounds up the best new albums out this week, including the youthful melodrama of Tegan and Sara’s latest release, a lost record from John Coltrane, Sturgill Simpson's scuzzy concept album Sound & Fury and more. Each week, members of the NPR Music family meticulously compile playlists of music they think you need to hear right now. This week’s NPR Classical playlist has luminous tracks from Latin America, while Viking’s Choice brings you Japanese prog-rock and heavy shoegaze. For even more recommendations, check out our playlist page. Featuring Earlier this week, Bruce Springsteen turned 70. To mark the occasion, we shared an excerpt from a new anthology honoring the Boss. In the essay, The New York Times’ film critic A.O. Scott explains how a moment of protest during a 2000 concert demonstrated Springsteen’s unique ability to reside within the imaginations of Americans who otherwise disagree. From our American Anthem series: Gloria Gaynor has said she's pretty sure her signature song “I Will Survive” was made just for her. But the singer had to go through a lot before she and the song found each other. Robert Hunter, the  lyricist behind some of the most beloved Grateful Dead lines (including the immortal, “What a long strange trip it’s been”), died earlier this week. His storytelling and protagonists were unmistakably American, but his central tenets were universal. Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the godmother of rock and roll, is the final artist Turning the Tables is celebrating this year. We have an appreciation of the healing power of her music, the story of her 1951 wedding in a baseball stadium, a profile of one of her contemporaries, a playlist of her best songs and music by the artists she influenced and more. Christopher Rouse once called himself a writer of "fast and furious" music. The uncompromising composer died Saturday at the age of 70. Conductor Marin Alsop and composer Nico Muhly recall their friend and colleague. Tiny Desk Emily Bogle/NPR At his second Tiny Desk appearance, this time joined by Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell, Josh Ritter offered a challenge: "America, we love you, but you've gotta change!" It was a moving set of songs focused on today’s political climate, voicing frustrations over the treatment of immigrants and refugees.  Incoming Fifty years ago, The Beatles returned to Abbey Road to make their last album. Bob Boilen recently talked to producer Giles Martin, who has just remixed that album — which his father produced in 1969. “The Abbey Road album was almost a bit like coming back for a home-cooked meal,” Martin says. “They knew they could rely on making an album that was great, and would probably glue the band together for one last time.” Hear his conversation on next week’s episode of All Songs Considered. One More Thing Meet the geniuses.  What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: nprmusic@npr.org Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Books, Pop Culture, Health and more! Need a new playlist? Follow NPR Music on Spotify and Apple Music! You received this message because you're subscribed to NPR Music emails. 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