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Civil engineer and nuclear technician Albert Swank Jr. wants to build a circular particle accelerator, or cyclotron, in his garage in Anchorage, Alaska. But some of his neighbors aren't too comfortable with the idea...

Some artists from New Orleans say Hurricane Katrina will mark a turning point in their careers, and not only because it ruined some of their work. They say the altered visual and cultural landscape of the city will affect the art they have yet to make. Joel Rose of member station WHYY reports.

For writer Anne Dimock, the iconic pie is much more than a dessert. She says a hearty, homemade pie can hold a family together through even the most difficult times. Her new book is called Humble Pie: Musings on What Lies Beneath the Crust.

Thanksgiving can turn into a nightmare when your best-laid plans go awry in the kitchen. That's where Christopher Kimball can help. He is the creator of Cook's Illustrated Magazine and hosts the PBS television show America's Test Kitchen.

The new film Walk the Line is based on the life of legendary musician Johnny Cash. We begin a two-day look at the life of the much-celebrated "Man in Black" with an interview with Cash himself. This interview originally aired on Nov. 4, 1997.

Across the country, homes are beginning to take longer to sell, a sign that the hot real-estate market of the last decades is starting to cool. In the Boston metropolitan area, which has seen a faster appreciation of home values than most of the country, homes prices are not rising as fast they used to. Fred Thys of member station WBUR reports.

This Thanksgiving, the tastes of New Orleans will be missing or difficult to find for families now living far from their favorite Cajun or Creole spices. That's the case for a couple who evacuated from New Orleans and are spending Thanksgiving in Mount Rainier, Md.

The editors of Saveur magazine compile their annual list of favorite restaurants, food, drink, people, places and things. Michele Norris speaks with Colman Andrews, the magazine's editor-in-chief about the list.

Southern Sudan is at peace for the first time in more than two decades. During Sudan's bloody, 21-year civil war, a group of American women working with war victims promised to build a girl's school in Akon, a remote village in Southern Sudan. Now, they're fighting to deliver on that promise. NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault returned to Akon with the women from Boston and has the second part of their story.

Although cellist Matt Haimovitz was raised in the United States, he was born in the Middle East to Romanian parents. His new CD, Goulash, explores his family's heritage. Music critic Tom Manoff says that it also touches on an ongoing debate about the future of classical music.