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No Blood for Phony Foodnew

The breadbasket of the ancient world that holds all the essential seeds of our ancestors is now threatened by a genetic engineering invasion. The U.S. quietly ushers in genetically engineered food patent laws while banning ancient seed collecting in Iraq.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 11-25-2004 | International

Tags: international

Will This Gizmo Heal You?new

Ex-members of the controversial Maine-based Gentle Wind Project are panning the group's big-buck healing instruments

NOW Magazine | Steve Jones | 11-05-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Control This Substancenew

Schools in North America are banning junk food machines in schools but this is just the start — it's time we started regulating fast food as we do tobacco and other addictive drugs

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 11-05-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Market Sharenew

An ex-basketball star's urban agro-project is an example of a new kind of entrepreurialism with kind profits.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 10-28-2004 | Environment

Tags: environment

Staking Out Peaceful Groundnew

A gathering of global green thumbs proves community gardens can weed out age-old hatreds.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 10-08-2004 | Environment

Tags: environment

Therapeutic Thanksnew

Gratitude can be your best tonic. Everyone's got an inner curmudgeon, but the trick to preserving your well-being is to keep it on a short leash.

NOW Magazine | Sibylle Preuschat | 09-30-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

The Pain of Computer Eye Strainnew

From broccoli to blueberries to stretches and long, long gazes out the window — tips on how to protect your peepers from too many hours at the terminal

NOW Magazine | Sibylle Preuschat | 09-22-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science