Tag: Science & Health

  • Nation & World

    At last, the edible science fair

    Illustrating the tenacious bond between science and cooking, students used physics, chemistry, and biology to manipulate recipes and create foods that stretch the imagination.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    The EPA at 40

    EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson said that strong Republican gains in November’s election do not mean there is a public mandate to roll back EPA protections.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Keeping HIV out of the cradle

    A Harvard School of Public Health AIDS Initiative trial that gave HIV-positive mothers in Botswana antiretroviral drugs during the months after birth showed a dramatic reduction in the transmission of the virus from mothers to breast-fed babies.

    4 minutes