Science
Nature Has A Good Beat, But Can You Dance To It?
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Environment
Women's Correctional Community Center inmate Lilian Hussein checks on ti leaves she planted as part of the prison's farming and gardening program in Kailua, Hawaii. The green ti leaves are often used to wrap food or weave into leis.
Can Gardening Help Troubled Minds Heal?
()Psychiatrists have long claimed that gardens hold healing powers for mental illness. Now, scientists are exploring a new field called horticultural therapy for everyone from troubled youth to veterans. But just how gardens affect the brain remains mainly a mystery.
Technology
Building A Village Starts With Building The Tractor()
February 19, 2012 Do-it-yourselfers have made everything from bamboo bicycles to 3-D printers, but nothing as ambitious as the Open Source Ecology project. On a farm in northwest Missouri, tractors and other industrial machines are made from scratch, with detailed plans on how to do it yourself shared online.
Fine Art
6 Miles Of Silver Ribbon: Locals Protest Christo()
February 18, 2012 The artist famous for works measured in miles wants to drape long, billowing panels of silvery fabric over sections of a Colorado canyon. Not everyone is excited; some residents say art is no excuse for the damage it could cause.
The Two-Way
Japanese Whalers Lose Bid To Block U.S.-Based 'Sea Shepherd' Activists()
February 16, 2012 A group of Japanese whalers has failed to win an injunction against U.S. anti-whaling activists, as a federal judge refused their request for protections from boats owned by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. The ruling was made in Seattle, where the whalers, known as the Institute for Cetacean Research, had filed suit.
The Salt
Yes, There's Arsenic In Your Rice. But Is That Bad?()
February 16, 2012 Toddler formula and other organic rice products have surprisingly high amounts of arsenic, according to a new study. But since there's no federal standard for arsenic in food, it's impossible to say how much is OK.
The Two-Way
Methane, Soot Are Targets Of New U.S. Climate Initiative()
February 16, 2012 The United States and five other nations are embarking on a new program to limit pollutants connected to global warming. But they're not targeting carbon dioxide with this effort — instead, they're looking at methane gas, and soot.
Around the Nation
BP's Oil Slick Set To Spill Into Courtroom()
February 16, 2012 Testimony in one of the most complex environmental lawsuits ever to reach trial is scheduled to begin at the end of the month. Shrimpers, waiters, housekeepers and others have joined in a federal lawsuit to determine who is responsible for the 2010 Gulf oil spill and how to compensate those affected.
