Since the protein needed to transform 5-fluorocytosine could only be churned out by souped-up stem cells, only the gliomas were exposed to the poison, killing them but sparing normal tissue, which the stem cells ignored.

ECONOMIST: Cancer treatment

But once the rain starts pouring and the ground gets churned up, the festival-goers might just forget about fashion.

BBC: Glamming-up Glastonbury Festival

Along with success came pressure to record a quick follow-up, and within the next 18 months, Thin Lizzy churned out Johnny the Fox (1976) and Bad Reputation (1977) while touring constantly.

NPR: Pure Power-Chord Overdrive, Debatably Live

The big winner is William Shakespeare, with four hundred and fifty-five, topping even the Yahwist and his co-authors, the wordsmiths who churned out the Bible but managed to come up with only four hundred quotable passages.

NEWYORKER: Notable Quotables

Pop culture is being made, remade, remixed, rebooted and churned up so fast that, sometimes, the only reaction is a slightly exasperated, seen-it-all-before sigh.

CNN: Entertainment 2012: The year of 'meh'