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A Japanese chemist identified umami in the early 1900s, but it took a century for his work to be translated into English. NPR's Short Wave podcast looked into why it took so long to be recognized.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Jacky Hunt-Broersma, an amputee ultra-marathoner who just broke a record for running 104 marathons in 104 days.

In Michigan, election administrators are preparing for the possibility of new poll workers who believe President Trump's lies about a stolen election.

An international panel says the United States should take further steps to protect consumers from mad cow disease. The panel, convened by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, recommends increased testing of cattle in addition to placing stricter limits on components of feed for cattle and other livestock. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports.

President Bush is expected to name a nine-member commission Friday charged with comparing the pre-war intelligence on Iraq with information learned since. On Thursday, CIA director George Tenet vigorously defended his agency's work, hours before a Senate panel began reviewing a draft report of its own probe into Iraq intelligence. Hear NPR's David Welna.

The war in Ukraine has exacerbated inflation in the Middle East, where countries rely on Russia and Ukraine for imported wheat.

Washington, D.C.'s Earth Conservation Corps is a non-profit organization with a mission to recruit a few dozen young men and women in the community to clean up and restore their own neighborhood. But there's one hitch: It's one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country. NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports.

The unanimous decision was sufficiently narrow that other cities, indeed Boston itself, could construct rules that would limit flag flying to government-approved messages.

NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports from Seattle on the efforts of the Democratic presidential candidates and their campaign staff to get out the vote in Washington state's caucuses Saturday. A record turnout is expected and Sen. John Kerry has been gaining momentum there.

Some political strategists believe that the nation’s most sparsely-populated places could determine who wins the White House in November. Some 55 million people live in rural towns and counties, which cover 80 percent of the landscape. It is as a dispersed but potent political force.