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Spring 2021

What We Learned in Lockdown

Alice Abler

Written history and recent experience show that plagues and pandemics bring mass tragedy and grief, but also opportunity for change.

Fall 2020

A Duty of Care

Alice Abler

What’s the best way to cope with a pandemic?

Spring 2020

An Honest Look at CBD

Alice Abler

Cannabidiol (CBD) products, derived from marijuana, are increasingly popular. Do they work, and are they safe?

Spring 2019

Feeling Our Way Through Facts

Laura Cloer Alice Abler

With a glut of information at our fingertips, three authors not only discuss the challenge of determining whom we can trust but also offer some helpful guidelines.

Spring 2017

. . . Or Do Without

Alice Abler

Rebuilding the world economy on a more sustainable model is a daunting task. It has to start with you and me—and at that level, it isn’t so hard after all.

August 12, 2014

The Fall and Rise of Cholesterol

Alice Abler

Are saturated fats as harmful as we have been led to believe? Saturated fat, it seems, deserves another chance.

5 Tips for Heart Health

The best approach to achieve optimum heart health is through lifestyle changes that address the cause of the problems associated with heart disease.

Fall 2012

At Your Convenience

Alice Abler

The past century has seen great changes in what we call food. Life in the kitchen may be easier thanks to our love of scientific progress, but at what cost?

July 23, 2012

Monkey Business: Looking Back on the Scopes Trial

Alice Abler

The Scopes Monkey Trial, which took place in Dayton, Tennessee, in July 1925, was a major media event. Yet many misconceptions remain about its conclusions.

April 5, 2012

On the Trail of the Easter Bunny

Alice Abler

Easter is considered one of the oldest and most sacred Christian holidays, but what do rabbits and eggs have to do with the celebration?

August 16, 2010

Respectful Dominion

Alice Abler

Even a creature as mundane as a cow responds to proper, respectful treatment, as Ted Forrest Fansher showed many decades ago.

Winter 2010

Cupid’s Disheartening Past

Alice Abler

Despite his perpetually youthful appearance, Cupid is no neophyte. History shows that this veteran Valentine has been plying his trade since ancient times.

Cultic Convergence

The title and image of the Queen of Heaven persist in popular religious tradition. Ancient pagan images took on new connotations as traditions were assimilated.

October 13, 2009

Paul Hermann Müller: Mulling Over Müller

Alice Abler

DDT had no practical use until Paul Hermann Müller, a chemist working in Basel, Switzerland, discovered that it was an effective contact insecticide.

September 10, 2009

Parents Influence Teens’ Attitudes Toward Substance Abuse

Alice Abler

Survey finds that teens who have seen their parents drunk are more than twice as likely to get drunk themselves in a typical month.

December 14, 2008

Fritz Haber: Plowshares and Swords

Alice Abler

The prophet Isaiah wrote of a time when instruments of war would be turned into implements for farming. But today, the opposite occurs far too often.

September 8, 2008

Fostering Health and Nutritional Awareness in Children

Alice Abler

While current health news articles warn of the expanding problem of obesity in adults, our children are growing into the problem as well.

September 1, 2008

Parents, Schools and Children’s Nutrition

Alice Abler

Prue Leith, international food expert and chair of the United Kingdom’s School Food Trust, discusses current health news and family relationships.

Fall 2005

The Moral of the Story

Alice Abler

Fairy tales have clearly evolved over the centuries. And the changing tales say a lot about the changing times.

Set in Celluloid

If Hans Christian Andersen were alive today, he might be surprised to see today’s most popular variation of his best-known story.

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