Health:
Radiation has its purposes when it comes to mutating the genetic structure of plants. Microwaving orchids has produced quite a few happy accidents. Dr. Pierre Lagoda the head of plant breeding and genetics at the International Atomic Energy Agency, has...
Posted on August 29, 2007 11:32 AM • 0 Comments •
The unintended consequences of factory farming are just beginning to be fully understood. Fattening pigs for market in cramped pens isn't good for the animal and ultimately not for us as consumers or the environment. According to new research from...
Posted on August 28, 2007 11:51 AM • 0 Comments •
China plies its trade, apparently without regard for the things that make commerce not only dependable but possible: respect for intellectual property, food and drug purity, and basic product safety. With each tawdry revelation, China's brand of capitalism looks increasingly...
Posted on August 28, 2007 11:06 AM • 1 Comments •
Brazilians focus on the body beautiful enlisting the help of skilled plastic surgeons and all manner of health an beauty products derived from the rainforest. Producers do not claim that those ingredients are better or healthier than those found in...
Posted on August 24, 2007 11:42 AM • 0 Comments •
Consciousness is still an enigma. That it is created within the brain, scientists agree. That it is biology's most intellectually glamorous problem, they also concur. But what it is and how to find it remain unclear. ( The Economist)...
Posted on August 24, 2007 8:59 AM • 0 Comments •
Clinton, like many other famous figures who have thrown themselves into bettering conditions in Africa, is passionate about what he does here. His efforts bring both media attention and money. But assessing the long-term results of this effort is more...
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Posted on August 23, 2007 11:52 AM • 0 Comments •
Liberals claim to have learned one hard lesson from Karl Rove Republicans, and that's the importance of "framing" language. Call the estate tax the "death tax," and suddenly everybody hates the idea. So how do you reframe the notion of...
Posted on August 20, 2007 11:51 AM • 0 Comments •
During last evenings news broadcast I thought I had witnessed the mother of all culture jams. A seemingly innocous ad for restless leg sydrome (RLS) closed with the warning use of this drug may cause impluse control problems such as...
Posted on August 16, 2007 2:12 PM • 0 Comments •
Buffalo meat is undergoing a revival due to diners heightened concerns over factory farming. Earning simultaneous praise from chefs, nutritionists and environmentalists, at last you can have steak, without the guilt. This is good news for buffalo (before they wind...
Posted on August 16, 2007 12:51 PM • 0 Comments •
Autism has gone from a rare disorder to disease dejure, affecting one out 150 children born in the United States, that some parents are calling a silent pandemic.Michael Wigler believes he and his colleagues at Cold Spring Harbor labs are...
Posted on August 15, 2007 11:18 AM • 4 Comments •
Enrique Gili is a freelance writer covering Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS), issues for regional magazines in the Southland and beyond. I live in Ocean Beach, San Diego the coolest beach town around.
