News in Brief Attacking Alzheimer’s with a Toke and a Tipple Red wine and marijuana — but not ginkgo — may help ward off the disease. Tom Jacobs
News in Brief Academics Oppose 21 as Legal Drinking Age Those suggesting a discussion on the legal drinking age appear to have focused on a specific outcome. Amy R. Ramos
Environment Lunar Power: Running on Moonshine While industrial production of ethanol may not be the savior as it was once heralded, home distillers are willing to tap into a more parochial form of energy independence. Joan Melcher