Alien Pollutants: Coming Soon to a City Near You Kaitlin Solimine Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine Particulate matter easily enters air streams and waterways, traveling tens of thousands of miles and making for a much more insidious form of pollutant. Here are five ways pollutants are now invading a quaint country town near you
Why Oxycontin is a Drug Epidemic and What You Probably Don’t Know About It Ward Collins Government, Medicine, Science & Medicine, Society & Culture The term “war on drugs” conjures images of Reagan Era public service videos: the shady dealer dispensing trafficked narcotics on an inner-city street corner. But the reality has shifted dramatically....
The Placebo Effect: The Science of Placebos Anna Redmond Medicine, Psychology, Science, Science & Medicine As Allied troops stormed the beaches of Italy, a nurse and an anesthesiologist anxiously watched a wounded soldier. He was in severe pain and on the verge of shock, but their supply of morphine had run...
