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Temple Grandin is one of the nation's top designers of livestock facilities. She is also autistic. Grandin's new book is Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior.

In the first of a series to help with the mad dash of holiday cooking, Alton Brown, host of The Food Network show '"Good Eats" and author of "I'm Just Here for More Food," offers some baking tips. He explains the secrets and science behind a perfect pie crust.

Fans of the hit independent film Sideways are flocking to Santa Barabara County to trace the footsteps of the movie's characters, who search for the meaning of life and a good glass of pinot noir. The restaurants and wineries featured in the film are becoming cult destinations.

Melissa Block talks with David Margolick, author of the forthcoming Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling and a World on the Brink, about the death of former heavyweight boxing champion Max Schmeling. Audio provided courtesy of Cayton Sports Inc.

In the United States, men generally earn more money than women -- about 25 percent more, on average. But that’s not the case in rural King County, Texas, where women make about 30 percent more than men. NPR’s Howard Berkes recently visited King County to examine the reasons behind the gap.

An unfinished piano concerto by the 18-year-old Beethoven was found in the British Museum last year. Reconstructed by Dutch musicologist Cees Nieuwenhuizen, the work premiered Feb. 1 in Rotterdam.

The trek of millions of Monarch butterflies from their breeding grounds in North America to central Mexico is one of nature's great mysteries, scientists say. But many in the area taken over from November to March see it as a mixed blessing.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with six-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong about his plans for the coming year, the controversy over doping in cycling, and what the success of the "Live Strong" bracelet campaign has meant to him.

Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in a New Year's Day concert from the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in the Austrian captial. An annual tradition for the past 65 years, the concert is a celebration of waltzes and polkas from the Straussian era.

On Jan. 1, the global agreement that has capped garment industry exports for decades will expire. China is among the countries poised to benefit from the change, and some U.S. companies are making changes to compete. NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports.