High Fructose Corn Syrup Fights Back

High Fructose Corn Syrup Fights Back

People who use 'high fructose corn syrup' and 'fructose' interchangeably are either uninformed or intentionally misleading consumers, says the Corn Refiners Association (CRA), and they'd like to set…
Values - How To Build Better Kids

Values - How To Build Better Kids

Is there a connection between what children believe and how they act, and how strong is the link? Researchers from four universities who studied these questions were surprised by the results. "For me…
Using Evolution to Predict Disease Mutations

Using Evolution to Predict Disease Mutations

As many readers here know, evolution isn't just some esoteric topic disconnected from the rest of biology. It's a core theory that is underlies all of biology. Today our department heard a talk from…
A food connection to women

A food connection to women

The United Nations (UN) to show their sisu* marked today, 16 October, as the "World Food Day" while yesterday, 15 October 2008, as the first-ever "International Day of Rural Women." UN Secretary-…