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All things being equal, most budget-minded consumers would rather hand over $15 for a month's supply of St. John's wort than pony up for a doctor's visit and a prescription for Zoloft. But are all things actually equal? Should the makers of so-called dietary supplements...
In other words, the next time you go to the store, desperately searching for a vial of herbs to ease your way through say, the rigors of tax preparation, you might find labels that read: "Vitamin ZZZZ: Helps You Relax." You won't, however, find supplements claiming to cure your...
The latest spin on the fate of the Mars Polar Lander suggests that the vessel may have accidentally been guided by NASA to a touchdown in a canyon, where it broke apart on impact. This theory, put forward in the Denver Post by an unnamed Lockheed Martin scientist, has refocused...
This latest theory, however, isn't necessarily evidence of NASA's mismanagement. TIME science writer Michael Lemonick says the failed December mission has suffered an unfair level of scrutiny by being linked to its sister mission, the Mars Climate Orbiter, which was lost because one of its programmers used inches...
Impressions are as important as concessions when it comes to Mideast peace. And the impression that the Israelis are having things all their own way in the Shepherdstown talks has prompted Syria to declare a crisis. President Clinton on Thursday was called back to the West Virginia meeting to knock...