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...Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA: IPAs, or India Pale Ales, are the hoppiest, sharpest tasting beers around. This one tops them all. Smelling of grapefruit and citrus, the 60-Minute hits you with a smoky, bitter hop flavor that lingers long after you sip it. Carbonation is light, and the taste is smooth. Drinkable, satisfying, and at six percent alcohol by volume more accessible than its brother, the 90-Minute (nine percent alcohol), Dogfish Head 60-Minute IPA would be a fabulous introduction to better beer for Loker-goers...
...knows why. One clue may be that the chemical squalamine, found in the stomach, liver and gallbladder of the dogfish, can inhibit the growth of human brain tumors. Sharks also have a primitive but highly active immune system, which may play a role. Their resistance to cancer, however, has nothing to do with their cartilage, despite extravagant claims by people who peddle shark-cartilage pills. While the cartilage has proved promising as an ingredient in temporary artificial skin for burn patients, no proof whatever exists that it can prevent tumors in humans...
...crash of commercially important fisheries is not new. What is new is how quickly fisheries arise and how quickly they are exploited. In recent years, piked dogfish, a small spiny shark, has begun to stand in for cod in the fish and chips served by British pubs, and the Patagonian toothfish has become a popular substitute for sablefish in Japan. But environmental groups are concerned about the long-term viability of the fisheries that are serving up these quaintly named piscine treats. This year, for example, ships from around the world have converged on the Southern Ocean, where the toothfish...
...little impact on consumers. The prices of some scarce varieties, such as bluefin tuna, have jumped, but in other cases long-distance fleets have traveled to alternative fishing areas, often in the southern hemisphere. In addition, fish suppliers are selling more of species not popular in the past, including dogfish and whiting. Most important, seafood manufacturers are making up for the ocean-fish shortage through aquiculture, the use of fish farms. Large populations of everything from sole to scallops are raised in big tanks or cages near the shore...
SCIENTISTS HAVE LONG WONDERED WHY SHARKS never seem to get sick. Despite a relatively primitive immune system, they almost never get infected after suffering wounds, and they seem to be cancer-free. Now a team of scientists, working with dogfish taken from the Gulf of Maine, think they may have the answer: a powerful antibiotic found in virtually every cell of the shark's body. The new compound, a chemical cousin of cholesterol, does not belong to any known class of antibiotics, according to a report published by the National Academy of Sciences. But it is surprisingly effective against...