AltWeeklies Wire
To a Speedy Recoverynew
California's Prop. 36 has driven thousands of hard-core drug addicts away from prison and into treatment, but backers worry that recent changes to the program could stifle its success.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
09-11-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
The Fragile Onesnew
As science strives to understand Fragile X Syndrome and its links to autism, Lucas Clark's family is content just to make it through the day.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
04-24-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Feelin' Their Thizzlenew
How has the culture of Ecstasy has changed as the drug moved from raves to hip-hop?
East Bay Express |
Rachel Swan |
03-20-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
A Fresh Front in the AIDS Warnew
From Ethiopian refugee camps to California suburbs, a new class of compounds promises success where condom use has failed to stem the spread of HIV.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
03-13-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Live, Fast, Die Oldnew
A growing body of evidence suggests that eating less -- way less -- could thwart disease and delay old age.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
01-23-2006 |
Science
Taking the Car to the Dealers May Be the Only Choicenew
To repair technologically advanced cars, independent auto repair shops must buy expensive computer diagnostic tools. Mechanics complain that automakers withhold crucial information when they sell the technology.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
11-28-2005 |
Science
Tags: California, a national group pushing for legislative reform, Angus Powelso, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Berkeley's Oceanworks, executive director of the Coalition for Auto Repair Equality (CARE), Oakland's High Street Auto Center, Paul Ryan, Rodel Florez, Sandy Bass-Cors
Computer Science Prof Pioneers Internet-Based Robotic Artnew
For University of California at Berkeley professor Ken Goldberg, robotics offers a middle ground between engineering and art. A robot is like a moving sculpture, equal parts elegance and ingenuity.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
11-15-2005 |
Science
Termites' Guts Could Yield Alternative Fuel Sourcenew
Scientists looking for a clean source of hydrogen fuel may have found it in the bacteria that live inside the reviled pest.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
09-12-2005 |
Science
Radical Mental Health Movement Turns Away from Drugsnew
Modern psychiatrists prescribe pills for hundreds of "biological" disorders. But some mental health groups think that community is a better treatment.
East Bay Express |
Stefanie Kalem |
08-08-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Assault Upon Faith-Based Darwinismnew
A modern monkey trial wasn't what Phillip Johnson expected when he wrote a critique of evolution that launched intelligent design -- or was it?
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
08-01-2005 |
Science
Enjoying the Momentnew
Unable to anticipate or recall pleasure, people with anhedonia can have fun only in the present tense.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
07-25-2005 |
Science
The Danger Beneath Your Homenew
A seismic activist thinks there's a good chance some California homeowners' earthquake retrofits are shoddy.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
07-18-2005 |
Science
Should Docs Snitch on Teenage Girls?new
A measure to notify parents when teens seek abortions might reduce state abortion rates, but probably not in the way its backers intended.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
07-11-2005 |
Science
Seabiscuit Should Be So Luckynew
Just call them the Horse Pressurers: This new breed of equine healer does acupressure, massage, the holistic works, and often runs on ambiguous legal turf.
East Bay Express |
Kara Platoni |
06-27-2005 |
Science
The Revolution Comes to Leisure Worldnew
The front end of the baby boom is trickling into active-senior communities, bringing their anti-establishment ethos, assertiveness, and self-consciousness with them, transforming an industry designed around a more docile and proletarian generation.
East Bay Express |
Chris Thompson |
03-21-2005 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
