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The Miraculous NASA Breakthrough That Could Save Millions Of Lives

9:00AM Yesterday | Brent Rose

There are no hospitals in space. The closest E.R. is back on Earth, and astronauts can’t exactly jump in a cab to get there. So what happens if the sun burps out a massive blast of radiation while an astronaut is space-amblin’ by? More »


Science

US Doctors Testing Ketamine To Treat Depression

6:15PM January 31, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Part of why Special K — the drug, not the cereal — became popular with some US clubbers is because of its ability to instantly improve the user’s mood. Now doctors in Texas are studying if that effect can help treat cases of severe depression. More »


Science

Viagra Perks Up Penises Plant Stems

1:30PM January 20, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

We know Viagra is good at keeping human penises erect. And shouldn’t that be enough? Not for one horticultural expert who claims the drug does the same for cut flowers. More »


Science

Pill Could Cure Depression By Growing Your Brain

7:30AM January 10, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

If you are depressed, or schizophrenic or have Alzheimer’s, scientists say you probably have a shrunken hippocampus. The good news: a drug that just entered human trials promises to re-grow that part of the brain. More »


Online

Can This Facebook Page Convince You Not To Take Drugs?

5:30PM January 6, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

The Israel Anti-Drug Authority thought that the new Facebook profile timeline would be a perfect way to convince people not to take drugs, using it to show a life with and without drugs. It’s clever and cute. More »


News

Model Tries To Smuggle Cocaine Inside Fake Breasts And Butt Implants

1:59AM December 23, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Rome’s airport police have caught a busty model trying to smuggle 2.5 kilograms of cocaine inside her fake breast and buttocks’ implants. More »


Science

Cocaine Levels Found In The Air Connected To Crime And Health Issues

12:00PM December 20, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Scientists can now accurately detect drugs floating in the air. They also have found statistical relationships between atmospheric cocaine levels and certain types of cancers, as well as a connection between marijuana levels and mental disorders. More »


Science

A Miracle Drug Keeps This 70-Year-Old Cancer Patient Running Marathons

8:40AM December 15, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

Don Wright was diagnosed with myeloma — cancer in his blood cells and bone marrow — two weeks after running his first marathon. His doctor gave him a five-year survival estimate. Eight years later he has run 59 26.2-mile races in 41 states and takes just one pill per day to keep his cancer at bay. More »


Gadgets

Super Chill Gifties For Your Stoner Uncle

4:15PM December 12, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Hey, don’t judge, it’s for his back injury! Or something like that. Here are some great gifts for stoners. And yes, these are purely tongue-in-cheek, chillax. More »


Science

Denying Pill To Girls Puts Politics Ahead Of Science

8:45AM December 8, 2011 | Kristen Philipkoski

In a rare example of overruling her own experts and the US Federal Drug Administration — while apparently ignoring the highest teen pregnancy rate of any industrialised country — Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is prohibiting teenagers younger than 17 from buying the morning-after pill over the counter. More »