Suspensions follow an incident brought about by a lack of education. Does this mean more education? No, more rules.
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Book Review: Discovering Dorothea
If you come across information your subject would not have wanted known to posterity, what should you do with it?
Read More »Viruses and Super Bugs: A Reasonable Solution
Be reasonable, what's more important; the health of your loved ones or the lives of some animals and insects?
Read More »A Russian Princess, a Lot of Science, and a Bit of Sex
Ekaterina Dashkova was a pioneering science administrator and linguist. So she's best known as Catherine the Great's "tester" of men.
Read More »Cancer, Okay. Sex, BAD!
Leave it to conservatives to align the miracle of a cervical cancer vaccine with their fear of sex.
Read More »NAFTA: Water Down The Drain
Does it sound like we can spare any of our water?
Read More »Marijuana Improves Memory
High doses of cannabinoids promote(s) the generation of neuron growth in the hippocampuses of rats.
Read More »Study Backs Teen Access to Confidential Reproductive Health Services
There’s what’s right and what’s real, and much of the debate about reproductive rights in this country, especially in regard to minors, centers around the relative priorities assigned to “right” and “real” and the government’s appropriate role in each. A review of public policy, research, and public/professional opinion from the …
Read More »Marijuana May Stimulate Brain Cell Growth
Dudes, neuropsychologist Xia Zhang and a team of researchers based at the University of Saskatchewan have found that a synthetic marijuana-like drug stimulated the generation of brain cells and exerted an antidepressant-like effect in rats. The hippocampus area of the adult brain is unusual in that it contains neural stem/progenitor …
Read More »Touching on touch: the serial sense
No wonder the robot-makers have so many problems with their inventions carrying a glass of water.
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