Fiber-fortified products are all over the supermarket. But are these foods actually making you healthier? This question turns out to be one of those places where scientists know a lot less than you may think they do.
scientistsIs Adding Fiber To Food Really Good For Your Health?NPR Programs: Morning Edition Mon, 02/13/2012 - 1:55am
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The Pawpaw: Foraging For America's Forgotten FruitNPR Programs: Morning Edition Wed, 09/28/2011 - 11:25pm
The pawpaw is a tropical-type fruit native to North America with a long and almost forgotten history. Thomas Jefferson once prized it, and now scientists are looking at whether the pawpaw can claim some health benefits, along with cachet. How A Clever Virus Kills A Very Hungry CaterpillarNPR Programs: Morning Edition Sun, 09/11/2011 - 10:01pm
Scientists have found the gene that drives a virus to kill gypsy moth caterpillars in a particularly gruesome way. Better A You Than Me: Scientists Sicken Mosquitoes To Stop Dengu...NPR Programs: Morning Edition Wed, 08/24/2011 - 10:01pm
Scientists infected hundreds of thousands of mosquitoes with a mild strain of a bacterium. They believe that once mosquitoes are sick from the infection, they can't spread the dengue virus to humans. EPA Asks Cities To Check Water Supplies For MetalNPR Programs: Morning Edition Wed, 01/12/2011 - 3:00am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is urging cities across the country to test their drinking water for chromium-6. Scientists Test 'Trust Hormone' For Autism FightNPR Programs: Morning Edition Sun, 01/02/2011 - 11:01pm
Some children with autism are already being treated with the hormone oxytocin, even though it's not an approved therapy. Video Games Boost Brain Power, Multitasking SkillsNPR Programs: Morning Edition Sun, 12/19/2010 - 11:01pm
Video games -- especially action games -- are far from mindless, scientists say. Many games can help young people develop better vision, attention and spatial cognition skills. Eyeless Larvae 'See' With Full Body Nerve CellsNPR Programs: Morning Edition Wed, 11/10/2010 - 11:01pm
Fruit fly larvae like burrowing in the dark, but they have a problem: They don't have eyes. Now scientists in California have shown that the larvae's entire bodies are covered with nerve cells that can detect light. Scientists get another day to study Gulf spill cap (AP)Ytop stories Sun, 07/18/2010 - 12:39am
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