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Man Wins Nobel Prize Like His Father
Roger Kornberg, a biochemist at Stanford University, won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for work with DNA and genes... just like his father before...
Change for Good
EDITOR'S BLOG As I touched down on U.S. soil late yesterday in a British Air jet, after having shepherded a group of teenagers...
Check out the Archives!
I uploaded another 13 stories to the Archives: stories from the old website's LIFE section, 1997-1998. They remain timeless stories of organizations still operating...
Man Recovered From Parkinson’s Uses Holistic Regimen
In 1995, John Coleman was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and suffered from the loss of speech and the inability to walk 5 meters without...
Vitamin Angels Deliver Nutritional Shakes in Earthquake Relief
Shaklee Corporation, the number one natural nutrition company in the U.S., today announced the donation of nearly $600,000 worth of high-protein nutrition drinks — enough...
Muslims Have Been Integral to Britain Over the Centuries
(CGNews) - The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister is often surprised when he hears people talking as if Britain's encounter with Islam and the Muslim world...
Cheap Allergy Drug Found to Cure Malaria in Mice
"The breakthrough has excited researchers" because the allergy drug found to kill the malaria parasite is "already licensed for use in people," and because...
Study Shows Laughter Reducing Heart Disease Risk
In March 2005, Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore presented results for the first time that showed laughter is...
Hope I Die Before I Get Old: Study Finds Older People Happier Than Anticipated
Back when he was 20 years old in 1965, rock star Pete Townshend wrote the line “I hope I die before I get old”...
Teen Inventors Win $50,000 Turning Bacteria into Power Supply, Herbal Extract to Kill Infections
Great kids abound. They can tackle any problem in the world today. Last Friday the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for high school...
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Belief in a Higher Calling Creates Health
An article by Serena Gordon lists many positive ways that "spirituality" can influence health and longevity. But the experts interviewed are defining spirituality to...
Responsible Forest Management in South America
Georgetown, Guyana — In a record-setting accomplishment for tropical forest conservation, Barama Company announced that 570,000 hectares (about 2,200 square miles) of Barama's forests in...
20 Muslim Inventions that Shaped Our World
1001 Inventions: Discover the Muslim Heritage in Our World is an exhibition which began a tour of the UK this week at the Science...
Optimism is Healthy
A 2006 Dutch study of elderly men found a lower risk for cardiovascular death for those identified as optimistic.
The research found optimism to be...
Staying Healthy (Naturally) is Smart Science
Thousands of Americans wrote to a small, but forward-thinking company to say 'thanks’ for inventing an arthritis treatment that works often when nothing else...
Cancer and Christmas Both Begin with C
We can even use holidays to enrich the soul and strengthen it for harder times, so that when those times come, as they will...
A “Point of Light” in Brazil’s Jungle; a Nurse is Honored for Her Work
Doctors Without Borders not only won the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize, but Kathleen Mahoney, one of its volunteers, a graduate nursing student at the...
The Doctor is a Clown?!?
Do you like the academy award-winning actor Robin Williams? Does free medical care sound like a good idea to you? How about a movie...
Nursing Homes: Transforming Homes for the Dying into Homes for the Living …the Eden Alternative
When Bill Thomas graduated from Harvard Medical School he had no intention of working in a nursing home -- too depressing. “I went out...