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How Cheap, Mass-Produced Food Is Killing Our Environment, Our Economy — and Usnew

The food we eat today is making us fat. It's making us sick. And the vast, government-subsidized system of agribusiness and mechanized corporate food production is inefficient and unsustainable, slowly ruining our environment, our economy, and our culture.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  06-24-2009  |  Science
Tags: food industry, Food and Drug Administration, nutrition, corn

Time Traveler Sets His Sights on 1955new

Being black wasn't the only complicating factor UConn theoretical physics professor Ronald Mallett faced on the road to tenure. The other was his secret goal to build a time machine.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  10-16-2008  |  Science
Tags: science, Ronald Mallett, theoretical physics, time travel, University of Connecticut

Insure This!new

Massachusetts law requires every citizen to carry health insurance by year's end, but some people aren't buying.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  11-05-2007  |  Science
Tags: Health & Science

Grass in Massnew

The Bay State inches toward legalizing medical marijuana.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  09-19-2005  |  Science
Tags: Gonzales, policy, of, National, Project, Office, Marijuana, Control, abuse, drug, 998, CANN/NORML, Institute, MASS, Raich, SB, v.

This Is Your Brain on Drugsnew

Rick Doblin thinks pot, ecstasy, and other psychedelics could unlock the human mind -- and he wants to bring them to Harvard, the FDA, and a doctor's office near you.
Boston Phoenix  |  Mike Miliard  |  10-08-2004  |  Science
Tags: Marijuana, Health & Science

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