Penicillin (drug)

Porn star pleads no contest in syphilis case

2013-06-05 14:53:00

An attorney for the porn actor "Mr. Marcus," who hid the fact he tested positive for syphilis, said his client pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of exposing another to a communicable disease to get out of jail. Los Angeles County Superior Court...

Feet welcome multitude of fungi

2013-05-22 16:53:00

Here's a scientific finding that may knock you off your feet: At least 80 types of fungi reside on a typical person's heel, along with 60 between the toes and 40 on the toenail. Altogether, the feet are home to more than 100 types of fungus, more than...

Dr. Francois Jacob dies at 92; Nobel-winning biologist

2013-04-24 19:21:00

When James Watson and Francis Crick deciphered the structure of DNA in 1953, their discovery answered a crucial question in biology: How is genetic information passed down from parent to child? Their work also created conundrums, however. They and...

Antibiotics, animals and us

2013-02-28 00:00:00

Describing the routine use of antibiotics in meat and poultry production as a "serious threat to public health," the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2010 called on livestock operations to voluntarily reduce their reliance on the medications. But an...

Review: Nick at Nite's 'Wendell and Vinnie' a familiar story

2013-02-16 06:45:00

In "Wendell and Vinnie," a new sitcom premiering Saturday on Nick at Nite before taking up its regular Sunday time slot, Jerry Trainor (as Vinnie) becomes the guardian of his orphaned 12-year-old nephew — that would be Wendell. Their names define...

FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock

2012-01-09 00:00:00

Only 20% of the antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to people who are sick with bacterial infections, such as ear and urinary tract infections and pneumonia. Most of the penicillin, tetracycline and other antibiotic drugs used in this country are given...

Conservative vs. Liberal: Healthcare

2012-02-20 16:37:41

Late Night: Stephen Colbert on 'knowledge-free' GOP candidates

2012-03-14 16:37:12

You've got a pitch meeting — now what?

2011-11-20 00:00:00

As I learned in the fourth grade when my first crush told me oh-so eloquently to "Get lost, creepo!," not everything you go after in life will work out as planned. Now, at the ripe, old age of 28, nothing has reminded me of that schoolyard lesson more...

Trading Ideals for Sustenance

2005-07-04 00:00:00

For most of her life, Kim Hui Suk had spouted the sayings of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and never for a moment harbored a doubt: Capitalists were the enemy. Individualism was evil. But then disaster rained down on her hometown, Chongjin, on...

You might be standing on history right now

2013-06-18 17:44:00

Some 15 years ago, Andrew Carroll heard the story: During the Civil War, Edwin Booth, brother of Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth, saved the life of Lincoln's son Robert at a New Jersey train station. Intrigued, Carroll started digging. He not only...

Celia Rivenbark: My solution to woes in Secret Service

2013-06-17 10:35:03

Last year it was a dozen Secret Service agents caught partying with prostitutes in Colombia when they should've been doing the advance work for a presidential visit. This week, it's the revelation that members of the security detail charged with...

David Perlman interviews students at the Exploratorium. He was born in 1918, a decade before the discovery of penicillin. Pluto had yet to be discovered, let alone demoted.

2013-02-21 19:03:48

At only 74 minutes, "Soul of America" doesn't feel fully comprehensive, nor does it add much through re-enactments that detract from a true-life story that needs no enhancement.

2012-04-09 00:00:00