A new day may be dawning for birth control and insurance coverage. Truth be told, contraception has never been a priority for health insurers. As strange as it sounds, most companies have been more willing to pay for surgery—tubal ligations, vasectomies and abortions—than less expensive methods like the birth control pill, Depo-Provera, Norplant, the IUD […]
Kenaf, a long-fiber plant that originated in the East Indies and is grown in the U.S., Thailand and China, is a relative of okra and cotton that is now making inroads as a wood substitute.
Congress Compromises On Children’s Health
A Chronology 1773: Captain James Cook becomes first person to cross south of the Antarctic Circle. 1820-22: 320,000 fur seals are killed in South Shetlands. Hunt collapses soon afterward. 1904: First commercial whaling operation in the Antarctic kills its first whale. 1911: Roald Amundsen leads first expedition to reach South Pole. 1912-13: Antarctic whaling fleet […]
Every year, the average American kid watches 40,000 TV commercials. Against that barrage of messages, the tiny but determined voice of The Media Foundation–otherwise known as the Culture Jammers–is struggling to be heard.
You’re settled into your seat in a darkened movie theater, watching Rocky III. Sylvester Stallone and his young son are at the breakfast table, and the camera moves in on a prominent box of Wheaties. "You gotta eat the breakfast of champions if you want to grow up big and strong," says the fatherly Stallone.
Internet visionaries like to paint pictures of effortless cruising from one exciting, information-packed site to another, but the reality can be more like the "Life in Hell" cartoon showing a zoned-out surfer falling asleep at his keyboard while a file downloads. The good news is that most prominent environmental sites are thoughtfully set-up and include key tools for turning surfers into activists. Space prohibits a complete listing of environmental Websites, but here’s a selected rundown: <hr>
Back when the first PC was plunked down on the first desk, the futurists began talking about the "paperless office." That dream has not been fulfilled, but rising costs are forcing a dramatic reassessment of paper use–made possible by the awesome capabilities of the modern computer.
The Bush Administration’s record on the national wildlife refuge system so far…
How individuals are helping to conserve national wildlife refuges in the United States…what you can do.
