Research|Penn State

Strong Medicine
"If this was a pill, it would be a miracle drug." An elixir from the fountain of youth? No. The trick that has 90-year-olds climbing stairs again and opening jars of pickles is weightlifting.

Doing the Locomotion
From the secrets of standing still to running, falling, even the effects of spaceflight on bones -- the Center for Locomotion Studies has a contraption to examine it.

Eating (Mis)Behavior
Why are one in three Americans obese? Why do girls as young as seven say they're "dieting"? Why, after a big dinner, do we get that piece of pie? Maybe it's because we don't know when we're hungry and when we're not.

A Richer Experience of Place
With a sense of history, landscape architects could make our cities safer, our lawns less wasteful, our homes more like home. They "could be heavily involved in carving out the future."

Outlook: A Poet's Mentor

Encyclopedia:

: The Gag Machine; Walk On Water; Improving MRI; A Sense of Sea Ice

Reconsidered: A Sheet of Flame

Notebook: Against All Odds

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Eating (Mis)Behavior
The American penchant for snacks and our love affair with fat are examined by nutritionists and psychologists curious to learn how we decide we're hungry or not.