How To Make Your Very Own Legal Drug
By Colin Lecher, popsci.com“You can ban drugs, but you can’t ban chemistry,” Mike Power, author of Drugs 2.0, explains in this talk at the HIT Hot Topics Conference. And he gives a personal, investigative story to prove it.
Governments can legislate…
What Separates A Healthy And Unhealthy Diet? Just $1.50 Per Day
Maria Godoy, npr.orgIf you want to eat a more healthful diet, you’re going to have to shell out more cash, right? (After all, Whole Foods didn’t get the nickname “Whole Paycheck” for nothing.)
But until recently, that widely held bit of conventional wisdom…
New wave of online peer review and discussion tools frightens some scientists
Chris Lee, arstechnica.comSites like Publons and PubPeer hope to quicken the pace of scientific conversation. PublonsEarlier this year, I wrote a story about a new HIV/Aids detection kit that was under development. Since that time, the same group has published two more pap…
Chilly temperatures foster cancer growth in mice
Ars Staff, arstechnica.comFlickr user Duncan HillAt low temperatures, the human body has a hard time. As the cold sets in, blood vessels constrict to maintain heat, and some body parts—like fingers and toes—begin to suffer. Metabolism ramps up to fight the cold and shiveri…
If your pot isn’t organic, you’re probably inhaling pesticides
Lisa Hymas, grist.orgBummer news for pot smokers: Up to 70 percent of the pesticides found on a marijuana bud can end up in the smoke you’re inhaling. That’s according to recent research conducted by Jeffrey Raber, who holds a PhD in chemistry from the University of…
Why The FDA Can’t Be Flexible With 23andMe, By Law
David Kroll, forbes.com“One of the challenges is the world has been evolving and yet we have legislation that reflects a different era.”– Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Almost a year ago, at the inaugural Forbes…
No DNA Testing For You, Thanks to the FDA
By Nick Gillespie, thedailybeast.comPersonal genetic tests are safe, innovative, and the future of medicine. So why is the most transparent administration ever shutting down a cheap and popular service? Because it can.
In its infinite wisdom, the Food and Drug…
New York City’s (Many) Toxic Sites, Mapped For Your Avoidance Convenience
fastcoexist.comAn interactive map of every bad pollution situation in the city creates a history of our urban development.
Take one look at this interactive map of New York City’s toxic sites, and the city appears to be one giant minefield loaded with…
Circle of Life: The Beautiful New Way to Visualize Biological Data
Brandon Keim, wired.comWhen Martin Krzywinski took a systems administrator job at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Center, he didn’t plan on becoming a pioneer of 21st century biological data visualization. Now his distinctive aesthetic is synonymous with the informational…
What Health Care Needs Is a Real-Time Snapshot of You
Daniela Hernandez, wired.comHealthcare can be a very slow-moving beast. Getting something as seemingly easy as a basic metabolic panel or an HIV test done can take days. That’s a problem because while the lab was working its slow magic, your body was …
Electric Brain Stimulation Helps Rats With Spinal Cord Injuries Walk | Popular Science
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Stimulating a set of neurons deep in the brain has allowed rats with severe spinal cord injuries to walk almost normally again, a group of Swiss researchers reports in Science…
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