Build Strong Bones With … Beer?
Scientists say the dietary silicon in beer boosts bone density, and moderate consumption might help fight osteoporosis.
Browsing Tag
May-June 2010
20 posts
Save a Jaguar. Treat Your Cows Well.
Conservationists hope to save the Jaguar, the Western Hemisphere's biggest cat, by improving cattle management in Brazil's biodiverse Pantanal.
Celebrating Earth Day with ‘DIRT! The Movie’
"DIRT! The Movie" links hope for the future with the earth beneath our feet. The documentary makes its national debut on PBS as an Earth Day special.
Convincing the Public to Accept New Medical Guidelines
When it comes to new treatment guidelines for breast cancer, back pain and other maladies, it's the narrative presentation that matters.
The Science of Green Microbes
Terry Hazen finds, studies and then uses microbes to clean up pollution deep underground, to refine oil before it is pumped and to produce the next generation of green fuels. He catches alligators sometimes, too. ...
A Scientist and Ewe Walk Into a Bar …
It's no joke: Researchers give Viagra to pregnant sheep and find that the drug boosts vital nutrients needed for fetal development.
Italian Purple People Protest Berlusconi the Bombastic
Tens of thousands of 'Purple People' — named after the traditional color of Italian mourning — march in Rome to protest a legendarily bombastic, allegedly corrupt prime minister. Is the country finally ready to say basta?
Knowledge-Based Journalism Is Not an Oxymoron
The blandly titled Journalist's Resource sits on the Web, ready — with a little help from Harvard's Kennedy School — to throw substantive story ideas onto reporters' desks.
New Conditions of Probation
In Texas, one county's experiment in evidence-based probation reform has cut recidivism and revocations, saved money and served as a model for other jurisdictions.
Make Birth Control, Not War
The human tendency toward war is based on biology, but the right family planning policies can redirect the world toward peace.