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2009 July/August
Resurrection in the Farmer’s Market
A growing number of American farmers are sharpening their plant research and botany skills in an attempt to resurrect long-lost vegetable and fruit varieties. All of which is excit…
2009 July/August
Where Professional Chefs Shop for Ideas
While some chefs belong to culinary think tanks or attend creative recipe-writing workshops in venues like Bologna or San Sebastian, most of the world’s top restaurant chefs need n…
2009 July/August
How to Make the Most of “Retail Therapy”
Someone who has momentarily lost con-fidence in her intelligence may be more likely to purchase a pen than a candy bar, suggests a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. Wh…
2009 July/August
The Culprit for Enduring Poverty May Be Stress
Three years ago Martha Farah, director of the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania, discovered that the working memory of children raised in poverty …
2009 July/August
Flowering Plants Speed Recovery from Surgery
If you want to help speed the recovery of a hospital patient who’s had surgery, bring a flowering plant, preferably a potted plant, suggests a recent study by the Department of Hor…
2009 July/August
Acupuncture Eases Cancer Suffering and So Do Fake Needles
Consider this: a new study by Vetenskapsrådet, the Swedish Research Council, reports that a “simulated” acupuncture treatment, using a telescopic blunt placebo needle that merely t…
2009 July/August
The Slow Childbirth Movement
The cesarean rate in the United States hit an all-time high of 31 percent in 2006, a record likely to stand only until figures are released for 2007, and then only until new number…
2009 July/August
Driving Evil Spirits Away with Bottle Rockets
Normally, when it comes to clothing used for a religious rite, you think of robes, a miter, a tallit (or prayer shawl), and perhaps a head scarf.Here is what I wore to honor Guan Y…
2009 July/August
The Healing Spirits of Brazil
Spiritualist healer John of God calls thousands to the Omega Institute each year. How did an illiterate farmer with no medical training become such a beacon?In the spring of 2001, …
2009 July/August
Going Out Green
One Man’s Adventure Planning His Own Natural BurialOld Arctic Inuit hunters could supposedly sit for days, harpoon poised and ready to strike, just staring at a hole on an otherwis…
