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It might be true that “only God can make a tree,” as the poet Joyce Kilmer wrote. But genetic engineers can fundamentally redesign them.
Aiming to turn trees into new energy sources, scientists are using a controversial genetic engineering process to change the composition of the wood. A major goal is to reduce the amount […]

Aching feet: It sounds like one of those middle-aged problems.
But these days, Dallas sports podiatrist Marybeth Crane is seeing “whole soccer teams of 16-year-old girls” complaining of the sort of foot pain she used to see mostly in “older, fatter” people.
The culprits aren’t the girls’ soccer cleats or even the high heels they […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Fewer children and workers at out-of-home day care centers would get sick if the centers had better equipment for changing diapers, washing hands and preparing food, according to a study.
Automatic faucets and foot-activated, rollout bins for diaper disposal can help reduce the spread of infectious diseases. But those and other […]

WASHINGTON (AP) Researchers have figured out how to give an entire community a drug test using just a teaspoon of wastewater from a city’s sewer plant.
The test wouldn’t be used to finger any single person as a drug user. But it would help federal law enforcement and other agencies track the spread of […]

PANORAMA CITY, Calif. The federal government will spend more than $1 billion this year on nutrition education Д fresh carrot and celery snacks, videos of dancing fruit, hundreds of hours of lively lessons about how great you will feel if you eat well.
But an Associated Press review of scientific studies examining 57 such […]