AltWeeklies Wire
Ruleboy livesnew
Marty Welsh, a local doctor known for living by the rules, is stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease. His sister tells the surprising story of the "new rules" he's come up with.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
02-07-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Hidden History of UC Davis' 35-year Collaboration with Big Tobacconew
Over three decades, UC Davis researchers conducted studies that directly aided tobacco companies' ability to market their products and addict more Americans -- where does academic freedom end and public health responsibility begin?
Sacramento News & Review |
Ralph Brave |
06-25-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Nano-Nationnew
Researchers in California want to use nanotechnology to detect disease, environmental pollution and even terrorism threats.
Sacramento News & Review |
Donna Lee |
02-23-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Our Man in Spacenew
Steve Robinson, recently returned from the shuttle mission, explains why humans go exploring, how there’s probably life on other planets, and what his home ground of Sacramento looks like from outer space.
Sacramento News & Review |
Melinda Welsh |
09-09-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Star in a Jar?new
Miracle or pipe-dream? A working nuclear-fusion reactor uses bubbles to produce power at a fraction of today's energy costs and creates almost no pollution.
Sacramento News & Review |
Cosmo Garvin |
04-29-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Patient Narrates His Own Brain Surgerynew
Joel Davis gets inside his own head by writing about what it's like to be conscious during brain surgery. The surgery is one more move in an ongoing effort to live as normal a life as is possible with Parkinson's disease.
Sacramento News & Review |
Joel Davis |
08-20-2004 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
