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A Handful of Walnuts May Trick You Into Lowering Your Cholesterol
Researchers may have cracked a secret to naturally lowering cholesterol. It may sound nutty, but one side effect of eating walnuts is the tendency...
New Discovery: How We Might Starve Tumors by Cutting Off Food Supply
In their hunger to find ways to cure cancer, scientists may have found a method to starve tumors to death.
Cancer cells must find nutrients...
Chimps Show Researchers They’d Cook if Given the Chance (WATCH)
Give a chimpanzee a banana and he’ll eat for a day, give a chimp an oven, and he might just cook that banana.
A new...
With Fins Off the Menu, A Glimmer of Hope for Sharks
For decades, the decline of sharks – sought for their fins and meat – has been staggering. But bans on finning and new attitudes...
What We Can Learn From James Bond About Living a Meaningful Life (007 Tips)
62 years ago today, the first James Bond novel, Casino Royale, was published on April 13, 1953. The English author, Ian Fleming, was a...
A Decade After Asian Tsunami, New Forests Protect the Coast
The tsunami that struck Indonesia in 2004 obliterated vast areas of Aceh province. But villagers there are using an innovative microcredit scheme to restore...
In East Coast Marshes, Goats Take On a Notorious Invader
For 30 years, countless man-hours and millions of dollars have been spent trying to tame a pernicious, invasive reed in the eastern U.S....
Bronx School Teacher’s Dream Helps 4,400 Poor Kids Get to College
Concerned about the wide achievement gap that affects children of color, a South Bronx school teacher, Gary Simons, with the support of Columbia University’s...
Corporate “Villain” Vows to Stop Clear Cutting Trees
Few companies have done as much damage to the world’s tropical forests as Asia Pulp & Paper. But under intense pressure from its customers...
Vermont Boat is New Model for Carbon- Free Shipping
This week a new sailing barge was launched on Lake Champlain that its backers hope will soon be in the vanguard of a new...
Gorgeous Snapshots Win National Park Amateur Photo Contest
The National Park Foundation announced last week the winners of the 2012 Share the Experience photo contest, an annual competition to encourage exploration in...
Scientists Probe Human Nature–and Discover We Are Good, After All
When it really comes down to it—when the chips are down and the lights are off—are we naturally good? Are we predisposed to act...
Ingenious Surgery Saves Eyesight — and the Life — of Bronx Mother
When 36-year-old Nordia Palmer-Ferguson went to her doctor complaining of blurred vision, headaches, pressure and swelling in her left eye, little did she know...
As Federal Money Dries Up, States Get Creative in Funding Renewable Energy
Advocates of renewable energy have been trying unsuccessfully to pitch a new federal program in gridlocked Washington. But, in the states, progress in Hawaii,...
Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Can Devour Plastic in Landfills
The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale...
UPDATE: Homeless Science Whiz Given $50K Scholarship on Ellen Show
New York high school senior Samantha Garvey appeared Thursday as a guest on the "Ellen" talk show, where she received a $50,000 scholarship from...
Galápagos Tortoise Thought to be Extinct Still Lives
Researchers from Yale University say dozens of giant tortoises of a species believed extinct for 150 years may still be living at a remote...
Cuddly Puppies Help Law Students De-stress Before Exams
The stress of looming exams at George Mason University School of Law lifted for a couple of hours Thursday, thanks to the arrival of...
The Greenest Colleges in America
A U.S. Green Building Council partnership released its third annual report listing the greenest colleges nationwide. The online-only guide, available as a free download,...
Ivy League Professors Launch Website to Donate Tax-Cut Proceeds to Charity
A group of Ivy League professors says the plan to extend Bush-era tax cuts is unfair because it favors the wealthy. They are now...