Audio of the BBC Radio 4 program "In Our Time." This forty-three minute episode discusses the Diet of Worms. Experts discuss what happened and its impact on history. Listening requires RealPlayer.

Author Jo Robinson digs up tips on how to get the most nutrition out of our fruits and vegetables. [22 mins. 47 secs.]

U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz talks about progress on President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy.

How much data does the average American consume in an ordinary day? 34 gigabytes of data and 100,500 words, according to a recent study.

Dr. Andrew Weil discusses antidepressant alternatives in his book Spontaneous Happiness.

Only a small percentage of Americans eat a nutritious diet. A Harvard professor weighs in on his ideas about what we need to do to improve the American diet. Aired Oct. 8, 2010 [18:38]

Crispy foods appeal to most people. The author of the book The Omnivorous Mind: Our Evolving Relationship with Food talks about how humans have developed such an omnivorous diet. Aired May 25, 2012 [17:51 min]

With so many diets and dieters, why are Americans collectively getting bigger? Science Friday discusses this growing concern in this episode.

National Public Radio talks with Dr. Walter Willett, Harvard MD and nutritionist, about changes that need to be made in the 1992 US Food Guide Pyramid. Interesting as an introduction to this topic, with links to related stories.

A new study says people may be sabotaging their diets in an unexpected way - through too little sleep.

In some people, a fruit and vegetable filled diet can lower heart attack risk.

New research weighs in on the efficacy of several popular weight loss diets, and finds that it's not so much what you eat, but how much of it.

Science Friday talks with author Michael Pollan about his latest book, "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto." He suggests that people can improve their eating by following this simple rule: Don't eat anything that your...

Gary Taubes, author of the book Good Calories, Bad Calories, is interviewed about his position that carbohydrates rather than fats and cholesterol are responsible for weight gain and health issues related to diet. Joining him in this...

Here is help in figuring out the information provided on food labels. Be sure you are getting the nutrition you need from the foods you eat.

In new research, people who imagined the details of eating bite after bite of a tempting food before eating consumed significantly less of the delicacy.

Ira Flatow and guests discuss the science of steak, like how grass affects the fat in a cut of beef.

Pollan once advised, "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." Now, he tells us how to cook it.

Got a weakness for chocolate chip cookies? Kettle chips? Pizza? Ira talks with former FDA commissioner David Kessler about how tasty foods change your brain, and how the food industry designs the snacks you crave.

National Public Radio considers public schools making money by signing contracts with soft drink companies and the parents who protest this action as a health risk for kids. They are joined by health professionals "Worried about a...