Flu Vaccine Inoculates Against Antibiotic Overuse
Researchers have found that greater use of flu shots was accompanied by a reduction in prescriptions for antibiotics — a blessing for those concerned about overuse.
Pondering Free Speech at a Decorous Town Hall
Our Joan Melcher visits a town hall featuring Barack Obama and reflects on the nature of free speech.
Simply Irresistible
Ancient Greek wanderers knew something modern mortgage agents and serial snackers don't: It's easy to overestimate your willpower to resist.
Carbon-Fighting Cost Falls Unevenly
The states producing the most carbon per capita are financially the states least-capable of paying for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
In Man vs. Virus, The Win Goes to the Swift
The executive director of the Consortium for Conservation Medicine explains that while zoonotic diseases like swine flu are increasingly with us, quick public health reflexes can successfully clamp down on the outbreak. A Miller-McCune.com interview.
Swine Flu Has Spanish Flu Pedigree
The current swine flu pandemic is surprising in some ways and predictable in others.
A History in the Making
Julie Cajune leads a groundbreaking Montana initiative to compile American-Indian history and include it in public education.
Charging Up The Electric Car Landscape
At a certain point, emergent technologies become part of the kitchen-table dialogue, no longer the domain of wacky…
Public Opinion’s Climate-Change Ping-Pong
Americans seem to be of two minds on the reality of climate change, and which mind is ahead depends on when you ask.
Emission-Free Energy: Straight From Nature’s Oven
Geothermal energy, dubbed by some as a 'sleeping giant' or renewable power in the United States, appears as one of the most attractive climate-friendly options available.