Some days, it just isn't there--the big news that spawns blog posts and news stories everywhere and makes an important point about journalism.
That doesn't mean there are not a lot of interesting things to read. Here are a few I found while meandering:
Ed Yong at ...
Some days, it just isn't there--the big news that spawns blog posts and news stories everywhere and makes an important point about journalism.
That doesn't mean there are not a lot of interesting things to read. Here are a few I found while meandering:
Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science does a nice job telling the black mamba story, which begins with Yong wondering why scientists with any sense at all would study a creature that can outrun them and has some of the most potent venom of any land snake. Even so, he reports that two researchers did pursue the black mamba and discovered that its venomous cocktail contains two painkillers as effective as morphine, without toxic side effects. I kept thinking about Quentin Tarantino's film Kill Bill, in...
No. Scientists cannot block addiction now. But you wouldn't know it from this release put out by the University of Adelaide:
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No. Scientists cannot block addiction now. But you wouldn't know it from this release put out by the University of Adelaide:
Scientists can now block heroin, morphine addicition
In a major breakthrough, an international team of scientists has proven that addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, while at the same time increasing pain relief.
If I were addicted to heroin, I guess I'd toddle off to Australia to get my addiction blocked now.
Further along in the release, the researchers from Adelaide and the University of Colorado say that clincial trials "may be possible within the next 18 months." The release does not note that according to...
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