AltWeeklies Wire
Well-Protected Cat Naps: Valerian Rootnew
Valerian has many medical uses, but the Wiccan application is a favorite: protection against lightning.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
Bubbeleh, Have a Little Nosh: Starve a Cold?new
Starve a cold, feed a fever (or the reverse) is a crusty old gem handed down from old wife to old wife, then finally to the Farmer's Almanac.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
A Pate Worse than Death: Baldness Remediesnew
The baldness cure crowd has piled onto the alternative medicine bandwagon with products containing extracts, botanicals, vitamins and minerals. The paradox is that trying to hide hair loss always draws attention to it.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
The Eat Like a Bushman Diet: Hoodia Gordoniinew
As a spokesperson for a major brand of Hoodia-containing diet pills, ersatz socialite and reality show deep thinker Anna Nicole Smith is a natural; she never met a drug she didn't like.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-20-2005 |
Science
A New Way to Wash Your Face: Neti Potsnew
Shaped like the love child of an English teapot and Aladdin's lamp, neti pots are as common as toothbrushes in some parts of the world.
Boise Weekly |
Dr. Ed Rabin |
10-19-2005 |
Science
Googlebombingnew
The search engine Google has made it more difficult for Googlebombers to influence how highly a site ranks in search returns.
Boise Weekly |
Bingo Barnes |
08-09-2005 |
Science
The Case Against the Plutonium Space Race
Even though the use of plutonium-238 in space could endanger the lives of people on earth, the United States has greatly expanded its nuclear space program.
Boise Weekly |
Karl Grossman |
06-26-2005 |
Environment
From Potatoes to Plutonium
The document manager for a project to bring all of the country's plutonium-238 production to Idaho says the project will actually make the process safer. But residents near the facility have their doubts.
Boise Weekly |
Leslie Fuger |
06-26-2005 |
Policy Issues
Tags: plutonium
Idaho Xenophobe Wants National Powernew
Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez only speaks about a single issue: illegal aliens. But can someone intending to run for a seat in Congress have a campaign based solely on an issue as divisive and difficult as immigration reform?
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
06-26-2005 |
Immigration
Group Accuses Grocer of Selling Info to Drug Companiesnew
Albertsons is heading to court on allegations that the grocer is selling confidential medical information to several pharmaceutical companies.
Boise Weekly |
Mike Belle |
06-26-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
U.S. Troops Act As Dancing Ambassadors to Kurdistannew
Idaho National Guard members stationed in autonomous Kurdistan spend most days training the nascent Iraqi Army. Between training, they play ambassador to an adoring nation.
Boise Weekly |
David Axe |
04-06-2005 |
International
Tags: international
It's In for Historical Revisionists to Out Dead Guys
In recent years, people have speculated, often on thin evidence, that Leonardo da Vinci, Thoreau, Hitler and Jesus are gay.
Boise Weekly |
Nicholas Collias |
08-07-2004 |
LGBT
Editor Slims Down on Atkins Dietnew
Editor Bingo Barnes joined the eating revolution that has overtaken America and lost 31 pounds on the low-carb Atkins diet in nearly three months.
Boise Weekly |
Bingo Barnes |
08-07-2004 |
Science
