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Commentator Ursula Goodenough specializes in the development of sustainable biofuels. She shares a graph with us showing the rise and predicted fall of oil production over a 2,500 year time frame.

A German shepherd or a Belgian Malinois, it's suspected, was there to sniff for bombs and booby traps and to check for hidden spaces.

Get your Cinco de Mayo on with a party-ready mix of new Mexican music.

Given that the GOP presidential debate in South Carolina is already missing presumed frontrunner Mitt Romney and other big names like Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich, you might think the debate organizers would want all the attention they can get. Apparently not.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been recommending for years that pregnant women, older people and people with weak immune systems heat cold cuts to at least 165 degrees before eating them.

The decision is an apparent protest of the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden. The question of how he could have gone undetected has embarrassed Pakistan's military. The army has also come under criticism at home for not preventing an operation viewed by many as a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty.

Osama bin Laden's death has reignited debate about whether tactics like waterboarding produce valuable data. Earlier in the program, former Bush administration official John Yoo argued that "enhanced interrogation techniques" were crucial to finding bin Laden. Host Michel Martin addresses the other side of this debate with Karen Greenberg, author of books on al-Qaeda, Guantanamo Bay and torture.

The "Beauty Shop" ladies discuss Lara Logan's 60 Minutes interview about her sexual assault in Egypt, and what Osama bin Laden's death means for the future of terrorism. And as Mother's Day approaches, the ladies reveal how they balance work and life, especially when their jobs take them overseas and into war zones. Host Michel Martin speaks with Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of The Dressmaker of Khair Khana; Mona Eltahawy, columnist on Arab and Muslim issues; Jamie Tarabay, former NPR Baghdad bureau chief; and Hannah Allam, Cairo bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers.

Host Michel Martin and NPR digital news editor Tanya Ballard Brown comb through listener feedback and offer updates to recent conversations on Tell Me More. This week, listeners weigh in on the death of Osama bin Laden and the 50th anniversary of the Freedom Rides. Ballard Brown also gives an update that Apple has announced a reduction in how long its iPhones store location tracking data.

The average CEO earned $9 million in 2010, a 24 percent increase from 2009.