What do we eat? New food map will tell us

Until now, the only way to find out what people in the United States eat and how many calories they consume has been government data, which can lag behind the rapidly expanding and changing food marketplace. Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill are trying to change that by creating a gargantuan map of what foods Americans are buying and eating.

• Author of ‘Lyle, Lyle Crocodile’ dies

  Bernard Waber, the author of such children’s favorites as The House on East 88th Street and Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, has died at his home in New York.

• New implant provides drug-free glaucoma treatment

  A tiny implant now is offering a drug-free way to treat glaucoma.

• Cindy Galvin on how ARKive is preserving nature

  “Take care of the Earth and she will take care of you.”  — Author unknown When I was attending Northwestern in 1977, I met my pledge daughter, Kim Louis Stewart, daughter of Josephine Louis of Winnetka and the late Ambassador John Louis. After we graduated, …Read More