perhaps unfairly - gets a rap for being rife with unhealthy food choices. Yet research shows that the region's native grape may be one of the most nutritious snacks around. The muscadine offers as many, if not more, nutritional benefits as noni, acai, pomegranate and all the other so-called "wonder fruits" people try to wrestle into their diets. ...more

November 15, 2008

Students at Independent Day School use food to learn a lesson in science. Third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students were given food items to represent parts of the cell structure. The hands-on project was designed to give students an idea of how human cells look. ...more

November 5, 2008

Researchers from Japan and Wisconsin reported Tuesday they had reprogrammed mature human cells to behave almost exactly like embryonic stem cells, a biological breakthrough that recasts the field's ethical, scientific and economic landscape. ...more

November 21, 2007

Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut. ...more

October 6, 2007