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Oenophiles rejoiced last week when headlines trumpeted a study suggesting that the fountain of youth flows with red wine. Scientists at Harvard Medical School and the National Institute on Aging found that mice fed a high-calorie diet along with large doses of resveratrol--a natural substance found in grape skins--lived longer than mice given no resveratrol. Many of the negative effects of gluttony, such as liver damage and diabetes, were mitigated. One big consequence was not: the mice still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Red Wine Be The Elixir Of Life | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...social geometry.”Some of the large-scale sculptures Reyes has seen realized in Mexico include a floating pyramid, which creates a natural Jacuzzi using the water on which it rests, and a “vertical park” constructed from a former housing project and fed by waste water from the surrounding apartment buildings. Many of Reyes’s works were inspired by ideas he encountered while completing a residency at Harvard in partnership with the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS). In 2003, Reyes was one of roughly 200 applicants...

Author: By Nayeli E. Rodriguez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Despite Pitfalls, Reyes Dazzles | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

...Offer free candy or other nourishment. People might not remember what you are advertising, but they’ll be happy and well fed...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis | Title: Please, Just Stop | 11/2/2006 | See Source »

Royal jelly Adult bees secrete this protein mix, and all young bees are fed a portion of it. But an exclusive diet of royal jelly can transform an ordinary bee into an egg-laying queen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Buzz on Bees | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

...captives were fed twice a day: chopped raw vegetables like tomatoes, cucumbers and onions, wrapped in flat, unleavened bread. Sometimes, a spoonful of hummus was added to the vegetables. A 2-liter plastic jug was in his cell on the first day; when it ran out, Waddah would knock on his door and ask the guard for a refill. Once a day, the captives were taken to the toilet in groups of five. Their hands bound behind them, they would queue up at a tap just outside the toilet. One by one, the captives were untied, and they filled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Disappeared of Iraq | 10/29/2006 | See Source »

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