Reverbiage: Stories from NPR tagged 'picture'

New Program Maps Virtual Rat Brain In 3D

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:39:00 EST

The prototype BrainNavigator lets scientists travel through the rat brain — in 3 dimensions — and link the digital maps to pictures of real brain tissue.

The Big Pictures: Gift Books For 2008

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

The season of giving makes us think big, and that means picture books — from coffee-table extravaganzas to smaller stuff that's big on surprise and ambition.

NASA Announces End Of Mars Phoenix Mission

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:36:00 EST

The Mars Phoenix probe landed in the northern polar region of Mars last May. Since then, it has been snapping pictures, making weather measurements and doing chemical analysis on the Martian soil. Managers of the mission now say it is dead.

Sticky Tape Gives Off X-Rays

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:37:00 EDT

"There are a lot of S-rays," says Juan Escobar, PhD candidate in physics at UCLA. "There are enough that you can actually take a picture of your finger — an X-ray picture of your finger. It's very exciting. It's actually a little bit scary."

Spam Allstars: Diverse Sounds Of Little Havana

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:06:00 EDT

Miami-based DJ Le Spam has been orchestrating Afro-Cuban beats for more than a decade. With a cadre of horn, guitar and flute players and a stack of old records, he and the Spam Allstars hold court weekly at the club Hoy Como Ayer. Here, he paints a picture of the Miami club scene and shares some of the stories behind the new album Introducing Spam Allstars.

Companies Check Out Applicants On Facebook

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDT

A recent survey found that one in five company managers checked out job applicants on Facebook or other social networking sites. And a third of them found content that led them to reject a candidate. The survey by CareerBuilder.com, found one turn off was people who posted pictures of themselves drinking or using drugs. Managers also checked to see if someone is on a social networking site bad-mouthing a former employer or co-worker. The survey found that of employers who didn't check applicants' pages, nearly 10 percent said they'll start.

Money Coach Tells How To Avoid Personal Need For 'Bailout'

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

The shaky financial picture has everyone thinking about their own personal predicament, wondering what to do to make sure their budgets and financial plans are in place. Money coach Alvin Hall gives advice on personal bailouts, and ways to handle them.

A Roller-Coaster Ride To The End Of Baseball

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 17:57:00 EDT

NPR's Tom Goldman speaks to host Andrea Seabrook about the end of Major League Baseball's regular season and the playoff picture.

Warner Brothers Marks 85 Years In Pictures

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:45:00 EDT

In 1923, four brothers formed a motion picture studio that still thrives today: Warner Bros. Film reviewer Richard Schickel has written a book and produced a documentary for PBS, You Must Remember This, to celebrate 85 years of Warner Bros. movie history. Schickel walks through the famous WB back lot with Renee Montagne. Many of the studio's most famous movies were shot on that lot.

Lehman, Merrill Latest Dominoes In Financial Crisis

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:34:00 EDT

Markets have tumbled after the investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, and the brokerage firm Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought by Bank of America. Financial experts explain what's happening on Wall Street today and discuss the larger picture for the U.S. economy.

Kidman Tops List Of Least Bankable Stars

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:00:00 EDT

In Hollywood, it's not true that "you're only as good as your last picture." Some movie stars who don't fill seats are still highly sought after and highly paid. Forbes magazine is out with its list of the most overpaid stars. Oscar winner Nicole Kidman gets top billing for 2007. She earned studios just $1 for each dollar she was paid. By comparison, Vince Vaughn brought in nearly $15 for each dollar he was paid.

An Oscar Crop With An Instinct For Change

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:06:00 EDT

Forty years ago, the best picture nominees signaled a stirring in Hollywood — an appetite for revolutionary realism, socially conscious stories and movies targeted at the long-ignored youth audience.

iPhone Buyer Gets Bonus Photo Of Factory Worker

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT

There must have been a giddy moment in a Chinese factory that makes iPhones. A British customer bought a phone from the factory and found that it had already been used. Three pictures on the phone show a smiling factory worker. She's wearing a pink striped outfit and white gloves with yellow fingertips. The customer posted the photos on a Web site. The hundreds of comments include: "She is so fired."

Drilling For Oil In Los Angeles

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Los Angeles is well-known as a center for motion pictures, but for decades it's also been a reliable producer of oil. Now that the price of crude is beyond $100 a barrel, it is cost-effective to start drilling in Los Angeles again. But some residents near the proposed new wells aren't happy.

Democrats Seem To Be Losing Ground In Louisiana

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT

With all the fallout from Hurricane Katrina, who would have thought that Louisiana would be the one state where the political picture is improving for Republicans? The deeply entrenched Democratic Party is losing ground as GOP candidates make a play for power.

Looking Into The Spanish Team's "Slant Eyes"

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:00:00 EDT

The Spanish men's and women's Olympic basketball teams posed for pictures in which they made gestures offensive to many Asians: They pulled the skin around their eyes to make themselves appear "Chinese" for an advertisement in a Spanish magazine.

Picture Emerges Of Troubled Anthrax Suspect

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:04:00 EDT

As top officials at the Justice Department and FBI prepare to brief victims' family members Friday on the case against suspected anthrax killer Bruce Ivins, new information is emerging about a long-troubled man unraveling under the weight of the investigation.

GDP Report Shows Growth In Latest Quarter

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:52:00 EDT

In this most recent quarter, the overall economy grew at a relatively strong rate of 1.9 percent. That's according to the latest report on gross domestic product, the measuring stick for economic growth. The government stimulus package helped in the latest quarter, but the picture wasn't as pretty for the past year.

Japan's 'Green' Efforts Generate Skepticism

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:34:00 EDT

Japan's cabinet approved a trial plan to trade carbon credits in an effort to lower emissions and fight global warming. Some critics believe the efforts are more publicity than policy and paint a deceptive picture of Japan's environmental status.

Book Chronicles Nigeria's Oil 'Curse'

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT

Nigeria is one of the top producers of oil in the world and a major supplier of oil to the United States. The book, Curse of the Black Gold, traces Nigeria's 50-year history of oil interests, featuring pictures by photojournalist Ed Kashi. Farai Chideya talks with Kashi and Omoyele Sowore about oil exploitation in Nigeria.

In Concert, A Moment Of Sudanese Solidarity

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:28:00 EDT

At a time of outright genocide in Darfur, and civil unrest throughout the Sudan, an unprecedented gathering of musicians from across the war-torn country presented a contrasting picture — one of harmony and unity — at the Sudanese Festival of Music and Dance in Chicago.

Maine-Line Murder In Sarah Graves' Eastport

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

The Eastport, Maine, Sarah Graves ladles up for her readers in her Home Repair Is Homicide series is picturesque, but not picture-perfect. In fact, it's a lot like the small town the author calls home — give or take a few dead bodies.

On The Smoky Trail Of A Faked Missile Photo

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:07:00 EDT

News organizations eagerly snapped up a picture of four Iranian missiles fired in the air when Agence France-Presse sent it around the world. But the photo turned out to be doctored. Here, a look at how the discrepancy was discovered.

Photos With Petraeus A Big Draw In The Green Zone

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:40:00 EDT

Every six weeks, hundreds of people in Iraq's Green Zone line up to take a picture with Gen. David Petraeus, the head of coalition forces. He gets thousands of requests from people who want their picture taken with him.

Brent Stirton, Chronicling the Virunga Gorilla Murders

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:13:00 EDT

In the summer of 2007, Brent Stirton took a photograph that shocked the world. It came from a conflict zone, but it wasn't an ordinary war photo. It was a picture of a murdered mountain gorilla — one of seven that had been shot in their jungle preserve.