by Meghann Myers | May 16, 2012 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — Back in 2008, a new spa pedicure trend swept the nation: tiny fish eating dead skin off of customers’ feet. Now the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that the so-called “doctor fish” may carry bacteria that could cause serious...
by Meghann Myers | May 10, 2012 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Farmers markets are a great way to find reasonably priced fresh produce, but many only accept cash or checks – a big problem for low-income shoppers using food stamps. Now USDA is trying to change that. Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen...
by Meghann Myers | Apr 24, 2012 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — The United States may be the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world, but when it comes to health care coverage, it is only on par with developing nations like Ghana and Brazil. On Tuesday the Council on Foreign Relations held a roundtable...
by Meghann Myers | Apr 24, 2012 | Science + Technology
After disaster strikes, we tend to sift through the run-up and fixate on all of the ways we messed up. But one leading marine biologist says we’re the only living things to react that way. In his new book “What We Can Learn from the Octopus: How Secrets from Nature...
by Empriss Campbell & Nikki McGee | Apr 17, 2012 | Environment, National Security, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON — Retired space shuttle Discovery streaked across the sky one last time Tuesday, piggybacking on a modified Boeing 747 jetliner to Washington Dulles International Airport as it headed for its final resting place: on display at the Smithsonian Institution....
by Meghann Myers | Apr 12, 2012 | Science + Technology, Topics
WASHINGTON — More than 10 years after mailed envelopes of anthrax spores sent the nation into a panic, the federal government hasn’t stopped planning for another bioterrorism attack. The Food and Drug Administration is weighing the possibility of developing a...
